Why not!! you can always remove it if the chat box don't work out,, beside it's good to give a shout out to all the members who just check in from time to time,,
it does seem to work OK on our brother site,
We all know how hard Rumas and the lady of lite works and spend just to keep these sites afloat, and the members are seeing it with just a few changes now and then,,
also keep in mind this is not a "testing type site", "like an FTA", so I would think all the topic posted in forums could be incorpated into our ever day chat room as well,
something to think about!!