Sure lots of folks have Yahoo Messinger and AOL IM, but my thinking behind my initial suggestion was to create an opportunity for folks to chat when they are visiting the site.
If there were a chat room here and people are chatting when someone enters the site they will see that and if they have the time and are so inclined they could join the chat.
It is a good way to just chat with others, and meet someone you might never meet otherwise, I don't imagine
everyone reads every post on the board, (at least I don't), but only the ones of interest.
When I have time I hang out in a couple of "singles" chat rooms and have gotten to know the folks there. Although I can't say I have ever met the other chatters, lots have.
People who don't like to chat don't have to chat, it's that simple.
While a seperate chat room on Yahoo is a great idea, I just thought it would be nice to have everything in one location.
I am not a debater and if the idea does not appeal to everyone that is fine, but others might enjoy it and again might encourage hits to this site.
I would be interested in the link to the Yahoo site if someone could post it, but honestly I would be more inclined to chat if it were right here when I visited.
Just my opinion for what its worth.
Linda