written by ccMorse234 on 21/01/2023
I joined ukcb as it was a student chat someone had shared a link with me on my course and it was great, I loved it and met many wonderful people on there. A couple I met in real life and I have some lush memories, especially meeting sk8erboy (gorgeous guy and personality) and some others, but meeting poptones was a decision that I wished I didn’t make. He was nice for five mins and at first so nervous I felt sorry for him (until booze chugging started). I couldn’t quite make out what was going on back then… but he turned out to be a completely false person in real life, quite a nasty misogynistic guy with really abusive things to say and unfortunately do. I was warned about many a time by different users, but I did not listen and still went ahead to meet him. He had multiple personality accounts on the site, and used them to gain information that he thought he couldn’t get as ‘poptones’. If anyone is out there and was hurt by this man, I am posting this info strictly so that you know that you are not alone. Moderators we’re always very good and there were some highly funny times on the forums on nights when I couldn’t afford to go out as a student, all the girls lady genie ambercat leejun junny and many more were a laugh and a half. I was studying towards my later in life goal of being a therapist, and sometimes used skills that I was learning with people on the chat when they were having hard times, I do hope that everybody is doing well. UKCB was great, it was a lawyer spot before social media that I am glad that I caught because it was a lot of fun. To all I knew at UKCB, wishing you the best of absolutely everything in life. Look after yourselves.
written by honeymonstersthedaddy__forgothispassword on 04/09/2017
In all honesty I always expected UKCB to be resurrected, it had a large following and could have been a commercial goldmine.. or maybe tin mine with advertising revenue. It needed more prawn (think about it), especially involving sheep for the welsh, martian prawn (hmmm) for the Scotts and maybe an undertaker for those who just sat in the online list and never posted. Better still they could have had a sales forum for Filipino brides that could also offer short term leases for the over 65s. But no... it went away.. like Woolworths, the other entity that failed to sell women to perverts.. Over 65s are rich, Filipino girls are 3 for a fiver... Just no vision.. Cheerio..
written by Kearns228 on 15/02/2016
UkChatterbox used to be a fantastic site. Lots of people signed in at the same time, and plenty of 'popular' rooms to go and get involved in. However, at some point (around the start of 2015), the moderators started really losing their impartiality, especially in the two most popular rooms. A growing 'clique' of 'regular chatters' started being able to dictate what was allowed to be discussed. If they didn't like it, they'd attack the person trying to make conversation, to the point where the person being attacked would get a ban for trying to defend themselves. When queried, I was simply told it's easier to ban one person, than ban the 'group', and that as 'regulars' they were offered more leeway in their overall sense of 'chat'. I didn't agree with this, and tried to get it changed. However, my actions didn't go unnoticed by the 'clique' and several fraudulent claims were made about my character and rationale for seeking chat. This got to the point where people were actively avoiding chatting to me, in order to not associate themselves with someone the 'clique' didn't like. Eventually, after months of complaining, the 'clique' members were given a warning for their actions, but it didn't stop them. They just made complaints themselves about being persecuted. In the end, one of the moderators left, and it got worse and worse. Anyone who didn't go along with the 'clique' mentality were continually attacked, or slagged off when they weren't in chat. It got to the point where 95% of the conversation was dedicated to discussing people not in the 'room' at the time, and what would happen when he/she came in! I ended up receiving a permanent ban after I apparently 'offended' a moderator. No warning, just had my account deleted.
written by 32Reynolds on 14/02/2016
been waiting all day to chat on the site kept getting the message will be back on in a few hours waited and tried again still the same response tried again 4 hours later and still same message tried one more time at 9pm still the same message not the first time this has happened why dont they buck up their ideas
written by Burnham1962 on 15/07/2014
Quite interesting to read what happened to UK Chatterbox (UKCB), so UK Chatters, you could say has replaced it. The website crashes on a regular basis and I never seem to know why. It seems that many people have the same problem. Could be Windows, Flash Player (I've used Internet Explorer and Google Chrome). But the website was fine with Windows 7, but not with Windows 8.1. Could it be that? I've no idea. UKCB didn't crash much, so why UK Chatters crashes a lot is anyone's guess. In the chatrooms, you can ignore people, so that they can't private message (PM) you, which is a good option. You can add people to your block list from your profile, but you can only do that if you view their probile. But, if someone has set their profile to private, there is no way of adding them to your blocklist, not even the option to type in their username. Other than that, it's a great chatsite. It's more profile based than UKCB. It attracts different classes of people, most of which are odd, but that's probably the case with every chatsite there's ever been. What I always find odd about chatsites is that most people who're logged on (in the rooms), they don't chat. And the ones that do chat, most turn out to be odd or stop chatting.
Written on: 23/07/2014
This is a crappy site and the profiles were purchased en-masse as part of the chatroom software package - Google it yourself, many chat software providers offer you fake profiles as part of the bundle.
One of the co-owners set up a forum to go with the site, and then made a post about a certain religion, defending attacks on it. Then he quite blatantly logged in as another person, responding to that post with URLs from hate-websites opposing that religion. And he has lots of little girls on his profile as "friends".
Written on: 16/12/2014
But UKChatters isn't UKCB so not sure why it gets the ratings(?), as Darylski says it's propriety (paid-for) software, the owners and admin have no more technical know-how than UKCB's did.
Written on: 16/12/2014
But UKChatters isn't UKCB so not sure why it gets the ratings(?), as Darylski says it's propriety (paid-for) software, the owners and admin have no more technical know-how than UKCB's did.
written by Daraa on 28/02/2014
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم بعد الصلاة و السلام على سيدنا محمد نبداء في ان شاء الله في هذا التطبيق للتجربة غرفة تجريبية لأعضاء ملتقى بلدة الطيبة نتمنى ان تحتضن المسؤولين و الشباب الناشط بالداخل و الخارج لتنسيق امور بلدتنا من امور رعاية الاطفال و المواد الغذائية والمواد الطبية و الجرحة و امور المشفى الميداني في البلدة alslam alykum o rhmat allh o brkatu now have the is room test for my son valyg in said syria o out my blade
written by on 31/12/2013
I think it is fair to say that UKChatterbox has gone for good. The main guy who owned it lost interest years ago and was mostly busy with other things. OK the team could solve small problems but not big ones. The team of staff were dedicated volunteers and the majority of them tried their very best to make it a nice place to be. The forums were great, the chat rooms were a nightmare, but we tried. Then one day an oiky and malcontented geek used his secret powers to try and destroy the site. Against the odds he succeeded. He is now in prison. I am Dragon.
Written on: 03/01/2014
Dragon this is sad news about ukcb, some of us regs have been hoping for ages that it would return, we miss ukcb and everyone :(
If the malcontented geek is who I think it is then I'm glad he got what he deserved.
For many, ukcb was their only source of socialising and that has been
destroyed for them.
No other chat site will ever replace ukcb.
Take care Dragon,
best regards to you,
Ladygenie.
Written on: 03/01/2014
I agree that it is sad news especially after over a decade of being in service. In the end though I think it has proven too complicated, time-consuming and expensive to put it back together.
I was in regular weekly contact with Blaster (The owner) while he was trying to rebuild the site on a new hosting site. he was experiencing many problems though and each solution seemed to throw up a bigger problem.
It is now some 9 months since I last heard anything from him so I must surmise that it is gone for good. Some months ago the Google Group on which the staff used to keep in touch has also gone. Sadly I am quite confident that he has given up.
Regards to everyone out there.
Dragon.
Written on: 03/01/2014
It does seem that way now and even more so with the Google Group being closed.
Why don't you try to build it? Maybe Blaster would sell the domain to you?
Regardless of what some ppl say there are many ppl who would return to ukcb like a shot, a lot of them are not as happy with the sites they're using now.
Maybe give it thought?
Written on: 03/01/2014
Ahh if only but i'm very old now you now! :) Websites and domains are a young mans game. I just sit in my slippers smoking my pipe and reminiscing about the good old days. I still shower regularly though, every spring without fail. :D
Written on: 03/01/2014
looools! the famous pipe and slippers! :D
You must miss ukcb though, even if some users were a pain....
*looks angelic 0:) *
Written on: 04/01/2014
lol @ the famous pipe and slippers :D
You must miss ukcb even if some of the users were a pain...* looks angelic 0:) *
( this is what I replied before but it seems the reply has disappeared into never never land)
You're never too old to give something a try Dragon :D
Written on: 03/01/2014
Ladygenie that should be lol!
Written on: 03/01/2014
and apparently my first reply is waiting to be reviewed by mods.
Written on: 28/06/2022
hello,
I used to frequent that room too...have always wondered what had become of the place :), had met some really nice people on there.
Both yourself and ladygenie ring a bell..
I used it around 15 years ago..people that used to be regulars there were cobra...timestretch...i do believe yourself, dragon :)...tel...urm...paz i think was mod...
Be great to reconnect with some of them.
I am Mistyblue
Written on: 28/06/2022
hey,
just finished reading your review of uk chatterbox. I used to frequent it alot back in the day, had met some nice people actually. It would be good to reconnect with some of them but where to start is the problem.
As a rough guess, I used it around 15 years ago....
I am Mistyblue
Written on: 19/11/2017
UKCB is back...chatterboxuk.co.uk. Newly opened, and back to reunite all from UKCB and UKC
Written on: 16/12/2014
No one went to prison, just reaffirming :)
Written on: 27/09/2014
No one went to prison, k?
Written on: 12/06/2014
Hi there ,
Was the age limit on chatterbox over 16 like its replacement ?
Written on: 12/06/2014
Do you remember the age limits for UKChatterbox ? Was it over 16 like its replacement ?
Written on: 02/02/2014
OMG I have only take a chat break for i admit 4 yrs and UKCB is no more ? Never ever again ? Thats really terrible, althought the chats have been too lol I dislike the Idea that I will never chat there again ... the famous forums ... gone ... I am femaliscious
Written on: 04/01/2014
I miss UK chat it was a great place, many others do as well, I wouldnt know this was here if it wasnt for LG. If possible try and come back, im sure people would flock back. I wish you all the best. Happy New Year. Good luck eversofoxy
written by L3TH4L1TY on 03/12/2013
Great site to chat and pass time when it was up, made plenty of friends there, and was staff there. It could've done with a much more active interest from the original founders, who just seemed to pass the running onto "network/operations managers" who had no idea of the internet, technical aspects of running sites or IRC, and whose purpose just seemed to be to keep it running. They did this, the only problem was it was running for nearly 10 years with very little changes to the websites code itself, the server it was based on was never improved even though the amount of registered users went from 400 to 2 million. Clearly there was still not much more than 2000 on at peak-times, but that's a pretty hefty database size. The moderation was based around a good training program, but all too-often, staff deviated, creating inconsistency, pissed-off users and just an increasing number of trouble-makers. The attitude towards moderating was never really updated to keep up with how people were using the internet differently, just look at recent news stories featuring Twitter and Ask.FM for an idea of what I'm referring to. As for the various reports of it's resurrection, they're all rubbish, as proved, I'm curious as to whether that's even the real Stevie1978, or just spicy picking a nickname that was well known for being one of the weak-links that allowed people to get on as a staff username in the first place. As for the renewal of the domains, that means sod all, the Amlani brothers used to make a living out of just buying domains and sitting on them, so ofc they're not going to let them expire, and 2/3 years ago they were renewed over a week late. I suspect Blaster since set them to auto-rewew (yawn). I never wanted UKCB to stop running, and I never set-out to "replace" it, a site that looks, feels and provides exactly what UKCB did is just around the corner, barring a bit more time and a video of lady_genie eating some humble pie after the lame attempt at bullying and acting like she knew anything at the time, back-fired.
Written on: 03/01/2014
LOL!!! lethality you are so pathetic! of course you are so innocent....not!
You hacked ukcb how many times? you even one time unsuspended
yourself during one of your hack jobs, and what about you downloading so many files to put pressure on the system so it crashed?
Of course you didn't do it all on your own, you had your friends helping you as well.
Deny it all you want lethality, I know it's true.
I tell it exactly like it is, always have and always will...you however sugarcoat what you say about ukcb when the real truth is you wanted ukcb gone, your lethality-me website made interesting reading and there was no praise or respect for ukcb in anything you said about it or the staff.
Well, you got what you wanted, ukcb has gone, are'nt you a clever little spoilt boy?
and you running a site? having access to users IPs? you a known and a self confessed hacker?
People take a big risk trusting you running a website lol!
Have a nice life with the knowledge that you have ruined a lot of ppls
enjoyment of ukcb.
Well done you!
Written on: 19/01/2014
So libellous :'(
You know very little, you have proven this many times, of course I run sites, it's my job you silly mare lol.
" there was no praise or respect for ukcb in anything you said about it or the staff."
Now who's lying? You didn't read many, as the UKChatterbox history one, and communications I've had with admin/staff give PLENTY of praise for the good stuff.
"unsuspended yourself" - eh? it's been so long I can barely remember the details, I know that's not true though.
"and what about you downloading so many files to put pressure on the system so it crashed?"
Wth are you even on about, do you know? Downloading what files? The only time I "downloaded" files was the pictures directory and that was 1) something entirely different 2) had 0 affect on the server. 3) not to mention it was proof of how negligent the sites "operations admin" was, by allowing illegal or pornographic content to be visible. I told fluentcode asap, and got the proof before the rest tried white-washing it, which as we all know, was accepted practice.
About time you moved on, Ladygenie and stopped misrepresenting yourself as the self-professed unsung hero of "The UKCB incident".
Everyone in the know, knows that everything you say carries very little weight as your grasp of facts is still as flimsy as...well ukcb's security ethos.
They can have their enjoyment again soon anyway, or didn't you know about the new one coming, a real replacement, not your lame forum site where you play Queen-Bee :D
Ciaó
Written on: 02/02/2014
Unsung hero?? looools! just a long time ukcb member who as many others miss ukcb and everyone.
and fyi lethality I do not play Queen Bee as you say, the forum was set up as a safe haven until ukcbs hopeful return....your site was already in the making before ukcbs demise and the ukcb-extra was the exact same theme design of ukcbs!! lol!
I maybe a silly mare in your opinion lethality but I'm not a hacker like you are or cause websites or chat rooms to crash like you have.
Tbh lethality your opinions of me or ukcb are worthless,
you're just a spoilt little boy who still needs to grow up.
Btw, you never answered my question about were you Punk Rock Lad....well are you??
Written on: 03/02/2014
No I'm not you dumbarse, he was admin the same time I was a mod. His name escapes me, but for someone who claims to know so much, and be "in" with the administrators, you really should know that.
Do you even know what ukcb-extra was? it was never a launched site, it was a proof of concept I used to show fluentcode some stuff, so of course it was the same theme, but it was with newer html and css :\
Written on: 03/02/2014
I was "in" with admin?? lol! not at all, I had my fair share of suspensions and restrictions so get your facts right ;)
UKCB-EXTRA was a site you were constructing so don't pretend it was a dummy site for you to show fluentcode of flaws with the real ukcb, you used that same excuse for hacking into ukcb.
You're very arrogant lethality, it shows in your comments and your name calling, and as for the new ukcb you have mentioned it before on here and no doubt you are the one constructing it...going to go for the ukcb name and domain are you??
That will be the triumph you've been wanting at last...
Good luck on that one!
Written on: 03/02/2014
It was a dummy site...firstly it was never a chat site, there weren't ever rooms and it didn't have any of UKCB's existing features from what I remember, it was a demo of some new stuff, user/picture comments, better quiz system, etc. as for ukcb's domains, don't be stupid, unlike you I've checked the domain renewals previously and know they wont be available any time soon, just so no one else can grab them.
Written on: 17/02/2014
Fyi I had checked last year on Whois and know when the registration runs out.
But it doesn't matter anyway because any new site or any new UKCBs will have a long way to go to live up to the original UKCBs appeal, you forget that many ppl used UKCB for a long time and made a lot of friends over the years and had many good laughs on there.
No other site will ever have that appeal or familiarity as UKCB had, no matter how modern a new site is.
I'm not as stupid as you so arrogantly say Lethality, you think that because you're a coder it makes you superior to others, no it does'nt...the thing you lack is understanding ppl and why they use chat sites and forums.
As for me, I provided a safe haven but I'm in no position to run a site as I'm now disabled but my site will stay for as long as needed for finding and reuniting lost online friends, if it works...good, if it does'nt...no worries, life goes on.
Cheerio!!
Written on: 03/02/2014
No I'm not you dumbarse, he was admin the same time I was a mod. His name escapes me, but for someone who claims to know so much, and be "in" with the administrators, you really should know that.
Do you even know what ukcb-extra was? it was never a launched site, it was a proof of concept I used to show fluentcode some stuff, so of course it was the same theme, but it was with newer html and css :\
written by on 05/11/2013
i was on this site years ago,was curious as to whether it was still up and running.After googling,i found a video which shows how the site admins kept all the pics people uploaded. Many of them unsuitable for profile pics (pornographic?) the user was lead to believe that the pics weren't accepted.They were,however,kept.Bit naughty that?
written by Honeymonstersthedaddy on 03/09/2013
Its been closed for a long time, that being the case I've have real difficulty reaching recent posts, I miss recent posts, it was my favorite link then it was my mail box, which was generally full of smut from the other users. Give me my mail box back, and recent posts, I need some posts, I'm building a fence. Perhaps all the Admin and moderators are in prison for embezzling all the posts, I was a mod.
Written on: 05/09/2013
lol! I've been wondering when you would re-surface :-) xx
Remember me Ladygenie @ ukchattabout? (just a small clue there lol)
Don't forget the chinese screens, we're all missing ukcb but it will be back...Arnie told me ;)
Written on: 14/09/2013
Hey hello... It's me Kike or "Wolfie" (wolf_looking_for_a_moon) I'm living in Spain now my life has got ALOT of ups and downs and for real so many times I've been needing you all (and sometimes still...) UKCB was like my home and you and all of the others, were like my family... I miss you a lot...
And also you Lady_genie =) I did never forgotten you...
Written on: 15/09/2013
OMG Wolfie!!! (((massive hugs))) :D xoxox
I've often thought about you..where did you disappear to?? Honey come and see me at ukchattabout xxxx
written by on 02/08/2013
Excelent ukchatterbox and uk chat room onchat.co.uk are the best from United Kingdom!
written by on 04/04/2013
never actually used the rooms (which seems a little contradictory to this review) tended to stick to the forums when on there.there were some intresting and intelligent ppl on there but many who failed to realise that an opposing view is simply a difference of opinion rather then a personal slight upon one's character...:) kind o' do miss the place and some of the ppl on there. though i'd have kept the search option. g.dawg.
written by on 11/03/2013
Ive been a member of ukcb for 8 years now and met alot o fnew friends also my partner , yes i miss it but why cant they just say its not coming back instead of saying it be back . how long do it really take to get it back up? . yes i do miss it but tbh i dont think it is coming back .. but hope im proved wrong !!!!!
written by on 11/03/2013
excelent site, very frendly, lots of good chatter, lots of interesting people. of all ages.....
written by on 05/03/2013
UKChatterbox was run and maintained by idiots that had little idea about anything other than how to ban someone they took a dislike to .. Soooo glad its gone and for good i hope!
written by tomashayden86 on 15/02/2013
The site is always down. Administration overall is good but not enough uptime. I have been a long time member of ukchatterbox, I have found an alternative to UKCB is also based in the Uk. They have actually written a little article about UKCB themselves. You can see the article at: Ukchat.com I would recommend this place.
written by on 29/01/2013
All the admin and mods wouldn't take a bribe. How am i supposed to win anything? Yours Sincerely, Grumpy_Git P.s my new favourite colour is blue.
Written on: 16/03/2013
Grumpy behave yourself looools!!!! Poppy will smack your bottom when ukcb comes back lol!
Yours sincerely seeing as we are doing posh
Ladygenie
Written on: 18/03/2013
Hello Grumpy Git,,,
How are you and hows the cooking going?... I think u burnt ukcb down rattling those pots and pans . Hope your well...
Wee_Myst
written by UKChatter on 28/01/2013
Awful site. Had occasion to visit it over about 5 years (not continuously). Each time l visit, it turns out to be a pile of shat. The moderators are racist approval-seekers. The site is owned by two Indian brothers who for three years allowed a Spanish paedophile to spam the room with lewd comments. One of the Indian brothers is also a moderator (big mistake, as if no power trip would then occur). He turned out to be an awful cocblocker, who tried to break up interracial relationships between asian men and white females because he was getting none. The chatters are 99% chavs. Many of them are shameless silver surfers. Avoid. I'm glad the chatroom has disappeared now. It became a ghost town anyway, with EDL moderators and Asian owners stalking interracial relationships. I heard it got hacked. I'm not surprised. Racist shat hole.
written by clare003 on 25/01/2013
i liked the ukchatterbox i know we all moaned n some ppl slagged n bitched but nowadays since that site has gone down im lost u can have all the chat sites u want ut omg its like a needle in a hay stack i miss the laughes and decent ppl that was on there
Written on: 25/01/2013
guess its not coming back now then? has anybody found a good one instead?
Written on: 19/11/2017
UKCB is back...chatterboxuk.co.uk. Newly opened, and back to reunite all from UKCB and UKC
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