User blog comment:Shadowmaster/Stats/@comment-28107082-20160827185652

Well, this is certainly telling.

In my opinion, chat was one of the major factors in keeping older users popping in every once in a while, as well as allowing new users to see what nice guys we are (or not). Chat was certainly one of those things that really drew me in as a new user.

I can very easily see the evidence resulting to chat being shut off, but I think that maintaining a solid community here is as important as keeping up wiki edits.

Thanks for compiling this, though, SM.