Basically this is a thread in which we discuss whether you should be able to see public chat when not signed in to a profile.
It seems the whole point of the forum chat is for a completely public place to exist, and to actually allow people to lurk and devide whether to actually join. It's dumb to argue against having it when every other option available are essentially private chats
maybe there should be a non public chat and a little button which allows you to make a thread you create just visible for users. And a little light that shows if someone replied to your thread. And a little message symbol next to your name that shows if anyone pmed you while youve been offline. That would be cool.