@MarcGravell @balpha I couldn't add a 1 rep user (with a chat.so account) to the explicit write access list on SO, although the description says that it is possible (it silently fails). Is that a bug or was the purpose of the write access to grant users permission to speak in a gallery room (assuming they have 20 rep)?

unless you're a moderator, yes

the issue is just that it fails silently

I'd need to check, but I imagine a moderator can do that

ah, what @balpha said

which I've been meaning to fix for a while

just kinda never got to it so far

@MarcGravell Yes, which is why I didn't try it on chat.se... I got a math.se user (owner of the math room) to try it too and he too said it failed.

Thanks for confirming

So was this privilege never intended for room owners?

it existed at some point, but that was a bug

there's still talks about having some sort of "invite low rep users to chat" functionality

but it doesn't exist yet

@balpha Thanks, those points sound good. I like the idea of time limiting. However, I wouldn't allow it for any user with N rep.

Given any N, I can always find a user X with rep > N that is disruptive... so it should be a room owner privilege. Of course, they're always welcome to just create a new room to talk with the low rep user

Are all the users who have posted recently (e.g. "last post XXm ago") but don't list a room in the non-existent SE room?

oh no, they're onto us!

;p we dogfood

@NickT that is correct. You see the room name only if you have access to that room :)

Is Jeff the only SE employee that actually works instead of wasting time in chat? All the rest of you have posted in like the last hour, his last post was >1 mo ago

Oh, so he's the clever one that covers up his time-wasting activity?

interesting that you consider communication between colleagues "time-wasting"

I just go by what I heard in the "SE wall" video "it's usually used for image macros and youtube links" or something to that effect

@NickT you forgot ponies and unicorns. But yeah, that sums it up pretty much.