When I first started our group Chat was activated, but I turned it off so our members could get used to the new group interface first. Before I turned it off one member tried to use it, and I only found that out by accident several days later while exploring our group functions. Back in the day when I used to use Y chat I had a few favorite chat rooms, and I could see how many people were in them before joining in. These rooms appeared to be open 24 hours a day with some level of activity, mainly because there were so many people that liked these rooms. I haven't used chat in a couple decades now, and I think it might not be as popular as it used to be, because there are other, more interactive ways for people to get together. I think if I was going to use chat in our group now, I would first tell the group in advance through a post, that on a certain day, at a certain time of the day, a chat room would be open to talk about anything or something specific they might want to chat about. Chatting fell out of favor for me after a while, for the same reason I don't text with people today. I like to actually talk to people, not type to them in real time.
Don
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