I haven't been following permonks much in the last months, but in my experience, the chatterbox is the most volatile part of the site. It's where people give quick - and sometimes unwarranted - responses to remarks and questions.

Like it or not, the politeness and thought that is used in most of the postings on this site is concieved by me and probably many others as less important in a chat environment, because the chatbox is fleeting, not archived, prone to sillyness and socializing etc. etc.

Also, keep in mind that since the chatterbox isn't archived, it's very hard for anybody who "wasn't there" to form his or her opinion on behaviour in there.

I'm not sure what you want to achieve with this post. I also , if I'm honest, don't really care who you like or dislike. If people on this site annoy you, ignore them, switch of the chatterbox, whatever. If you want a feature added to the code that would help you do so, propose it. I would probably support it, since I can think of a few people I would like to forget :)

Joost.