I agree that chat has changed for the worse. I started going in around late October and November and it was always fun and I would stay in there for hours. The regulars in chat were always great and a lot of fun. But now, chat has gone down hill big time. Most of it is due to newbies or people looking for attention coming in and creating problems. Don't get me wrong, there are still a lot of great people in chat, new and old, but it's just not the same. I dont go in that much anymore because a lot of the people who I used to chat with dont go in as much anymore because of this.
When I go in chat, I dont want to hear about your teen drama bullsh*t, every little problem in your life and all that other crap. Do that in private chat or yahoo. I want to go in and just have a fun conversation with people. I hope it can get back to that kind of atmosphere again. Because it truely used to be so much fun.
I dont have any solutions, just my $0.02.