Good or Bad?

[Bunk]

A shoutbox completely eats the sites resources, having it on a large site would definitely cause more harm than good.
A smaller site is a different story, though.

[AceInfinity]

This is where lots of people are wrong, it depends on the shoutbox. Some don't use up as much resources as others, and are pretty much text on a screen relayed back to the board. Depends on the shoutbox settings too.

They shouldn't use up too much bandwidth too. Some act like a mini thread on a forum. But it all depends on what kind of shoutbox you have on your site. flash based ones tend to take up more resources.

[Time]

Yea its makes people less likely to post

[Techno]

Yea its makes people less likely to post

Quoted for truth, not only that but it does take a lot of resources.

[Time]

Quoted for truth, not only that but it does take a lot of resources.

thanks bro love you too