There are more post notifications going in the shoutbox than there are people chatting and being social.
I can remove the shoutbox all together or I can limit what the shoutbox shows when a post is made;
Only show when a New Thread is created
Only show certain sections
Maybe only have New replies for Bar and Garage sections but New Threads for other sections.
Some people use it to see what activity has been happening but if you click the 'New Posts' button you get a list of all posts since your last visit.
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