Having a full time dedicated user chat room can be a good thing, provided you have the people to sustain in. If you have a large group of people who will fill the chat room on a regular basis then it may be worth integrating the features into your site. You can find a lot of free chat room codes, or sites where you can pay a nominal fee to have your own chat room if you want to.

If you only plan on using your chat room for special events or say, once a week, you may be better off using a popular chat venue and just creating a chat room that will appear and disappear when you need it to.

Your probably wondering why, well there are some advantages to have a when you need it only approach:

- No cost
- No infrastructure or code changes needed
- No regular maintenance

So, choose wisely. You can always add a full-time chat when you know you need one.

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