Chatters seem younger than the general online population. When I was wandering around CompuServeÆs chat area, I took a straw poll of numbers in the different categories. Most had 0 to 10 occupants. The teen channel had 95 members in action. This could be because more young users are looking for companionship, but also reflects the nature of the technology . Simply keeping up with the multiple conversation flows can at first be difficult - youthful response speeds help - plus there is a tendency to drop into yoofspeak that makes everything much easier to follow if you still think 21 is old.
