Whatever Happened To Chat Rooms

Aol s instant messenger perhaps the icon of the anonymous instant messaging age quietly killed off its chat rooms in 2010.

Whatever happened to chat rooms. Here s a quick link to the chat room. So if you like chatting and have been looking for good chat room websites i suggest you at least try y99 in once. And originally known as america online is an american web portal and online service provider based in new york city it is a brand marketed by verizon media. That said i have never found an irc chatroom that really compared to say the old aol chatrooms.

Ever since about 2005 the aol chat rooms pretty much died out and other services like yahoo chat never got popular. The service traces its history to an online service known as playnet playnet licensed their software to quantum link q link who went online in november 1985. Aol stylized as aol formerly a company known as aol inc. Once you re ready to dive into the world of online chatting all that s left to do is find a chat room and sign up.

The best chat rooms for over 50s and 60s. I remember logging into irc and being in a chat room and talking to someone in singapore. The few yahoo chat room users like i invited to my chat room are somewhat liking my idea of random guest chatting with strangers without registration. Once you re more comfortable chat rooms made specifically for seniors can help you meet people who you can share anecdotes about your interests retirement and families with.

Yahoo messenger axed its public chat rooms in 2012 explaining only. I think in 2014 the only chat service still around is facebook but i never hear much about it. People just looking to converse not about any particular topic.