Originally Posted by Yukimura

I haven't ever been a huge participant in shoutbox discussion, so maybe I don't have a worthwhile opinion on the issue, however I disagree that its removal will be something that brings us together. Even before I ever posted on it for the first time, simply seeing it there gave me a feeling of contact with my fellow TFP'ers. It has a certain way of giving a sense of real human contact that I always found quite comforting. I'm sure there's a reason it was removed, but I'm not so sure that's it.