I must disagree since most of the content here is intended for further learning and archiving the progress in technology. Its interesting going back and seeing some of our old posts, and how we've come in progression of technology. The shoutbox/chat does not archive..
When a shoutbox is implemented, most people use it and do not post. All in all, the actual FORUMS die off...
Not to mention, many AJAX shoutbox releases are causing for MAJOR server issues. It usually causes a MAJOR load issue to Apache and takes the server down.. I'm not sure why but its happened on phpbb and vbulletin, that I've seen.