Chatrooms
Need help?
I visit these chatrooms frequently, although I haven't found the best yet.
If you heard about my homepage in a chatroom, you might know who I am, my
name used to be Andrasso when I was chatting.
iMusic Chatrooms
iMusic is a relatively good place if you are looking for an easy small talk.
People usually don't go further than "Hi NE1 wanna chat" or "What's your A/S/L?"
WorldKidsNetwork Chatroom
There are pretty good chats there sometimes, but all the members are very
young (DUH)
Yahoo Chat
Yahoo's chat wouldn't be bad, but since I can't download the plugin and the
chatrooms are always crowded, this chat is just a big mess.
The following chatrooms were printed in Yahoo's Internet Life. I haven't checked them yet.
(The comments are taken from Yahoo)
Talk.Com
Hassle Factor: medium (requires HotWired's Java-based chat software)
Best Times to Chat: 9 p.m. EST
Moderated by: Hotwired hosts
Who should attend: the digital culturally literate
Why it's a best: HotWired has perfected the art of pushing cool geeks'
buttons, and Talk.com is another handful of magic fingers. Six forums
(Head Space, Pop Talk, Electronic Frontiers, etc) host moderated chats
on everything from the arts to digital activism to science fiction.
Pathfinder Chat
Hassle Factor:minimal (iChat recommended; pre-registration required)
Best times to chat:scheduled events
Moderated by:various Pathfinder affiliates
Who should attend: those who crave a well-balanced chat diet
Why it's a best:Pathfinder is a hub for mainstream news and information, so
the conversation often will attract the responsibly intelligent. This offers celebrity
events hosted by People, Sports Illustrated, Money, Time, and a variety of regular
topic rooms, such as Cafe, AllPolitics, ParentTime, and even ProgressiveFarmer. According
to Pathfinder Communications producer Molly Ker, "The Celebrity chats always outperform
the regular topical chat."
Echo Live
Hassle Factor:Mild (dial 212-292-0910 via modem or telnet to echonyc.com)
Best times to chat:monthly (see the schedule, posted at
here).
Moderated by:Echo hosts
Who should attend:cultural tourists in a New York stat of mind
Why it's a best:Unlike most celebrity chats, Echo Live doesn't relegate the
hoi polloi to a separate chat room. Says Echo founder Stacy Horn, "Anyone can
just shout out a question, but if it gets out of hand, we'll say, 'Hey, stop that!'"
Not that things ever get out of hand. Echo Live attracts a sophisticated audience, as
many as 100 chatters per event.
The Globe
Hassle Factor:
Best times to chat:
Moderated by:
Who should attend:
Why it's a best:
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