13-02-2012, 06:54 AM
I guess it all depends on what you've experienced. There are dedicated chat sites which my barely limping along computer won't let me enter anymore (the Java app won't load on my computer anymore), but I've had no problems chatting with people in Europe, South Africa, India, Australia, Hawaii, East Coast USA (I live west coast USA). You learn to handle the time differences.
Most chat sites offer the opportunity to chat privately one-on-one which many people do, as well as chat in a group. I strongly suspect that these sites have, to some degree, been replaced by Facebook, but as I am a troglodyte and don't have a facebook account I wouldn't know.
But it's all moot as the chat software is fairly expensive and I doubt it would ever happen here.
Most chat sites offer the opportunity to chat privately one-on-one which many people do, as well as chat in a group. I strongly suspect that these sites have, to some degree, been replaced by Facebook, but as I am a troglodyte and don't have a facebook account I wouldn't know.
But it's all moot as the chat software is fairly expensive and I doubt it would ever happen here.