10-18-2013, 11:18 PM
From my experience with forums, when a "general chat" thread is started, the forum is already on life-support. Now, it could last for years (I know one that's been chugging along with only about six or seven active posters and a few straglers here and there for almost eight years now) but generally, once that thread's posted--or a majority of the active posters start talking outside of the forum, it's donzo.