I asked if they would help me understand how chat rooms worked. Instead of helping me, they told me to get out. A new twist to chat rooms is game rooms. Students can go to game rooms that run Java applets to play hearts, checker, euchre, or other games. While playing, one can talk to anyone at the table.
Some people spend more time talking than playing.
I discovered there are private messages or whispering, which means you are talking only to one person. He or she is the only one that sees your messages. It depends on the chat room on what they are called and how they operate. Before entering a chat room, you have to pick a handle. A handle is like the old CB radio names.