By kingjaime - 08-04-2013 03:05
Well memory reckons there was an on-site IRC, which just fell into disuse and got closed. And that's when I'm fairly sure there were quite a few more active users.
Similar thing with private message. We used to have on-site email (in fact users who joined up before a certain date still have it), but they decided to omit it for new users beyond a certain date. I suppose you could have other private message function, like a sub-section in guestbook? My preference would be email though, if they stopped the spam.