Chat rooms are the pits.

[Archae]

Are there *ANY* chat rooms not over-run by porn bots, dirty-mouthed 12 year olds, or Freeper-types?

[Amerigo Vespucci]

1. A L-O-N-G time ago, Yahoo Chat used to be like The Lounge, in real-time, rapid fire.

Little window of time, maybe around 1999-2000...in there somewhere.

I used to go in there and fire off stuff like I do in the Lounge, a lot of music stuff and just smart-assed tomfoolery, and the perople were very cool...smart, fast on the uptake, great overall sense of humor.

These days, who knows. I know there are a lot of people who like IRC ("Internet Relay Chat") like mIRC, but I never had the patience to muster the learning curve.

[Mutley]

3. I really liked Yahoo Chat back in the day.

I spent a fair amount of time in the Political Yahoo chat rooms before I joined DU.

[femmocrat]

4. Yes, I did too! Maybe you saw me there?

One of the best chats ever was the CNN chat. Does anyone remember that one?

The chatters were all smart and well-informed. On Friday nights, they would have a news quiz (I won once!) that was a lot of fun.

Some of the CNN news people would come on at scheduled times -- I remember talking to Beth Fouey (sp?) and Joie Chen (I think).

[Mutley]

6. Were you under the same name?

I don't recall, but this was over 6 years ago. :P

[femmocrat]

7. No, just kidding.

I'm surprised I remember the name. I was "X-phile". I don't remember any other posters' names either. :hi:

[Drunken Irishman]

10. I remember the NBA rooms.

I'd spend a lot of time in there back in the late 90s. Met a lot of cool people.

[seabeyond]

2. i loved oprah chat. first and only chat i did. started me out on internet discussion

men and women. respectful. tehn it got ugly and they shut it down. it was a fun one. yet to see another i like

[Captain Hilts]

5. But cats like their armpits scratched. nt

[BuddhaGirl]

8. I used to frequent AOL chatrooms when I got my first

computer, in 1996. There were lots of categories, and topics. Within a couple of years, they were overrun with trolls.

I met DH in one, however! :D

[Drunken Irishman]

9. I haven't been in a chat room since probably 2003.

Back when Yahoo Chats were actually fairly active and the porn bots were generally lost in the chatting activity.

I just don't think people chat anymore.