I see that to be a social field which many forum users including myself don’t take much interest in. We have pms for conversations and building what there might be for relationships but, it’s barely active for most. That would be the same with the so called  shoutbox if a patch is created with the forum software. It wouldn’t help the forum very much if you ask me, most users here like to remain anonymous and private on certain matters and this wouldn’t encourage that very much.