Well I hate AIM as everyone knows lol. I personally don't hate chat but it requires constant attention. I'm too busy attending to other things to follow and participate in 6 conversations at once. I go take a pizz and miss 73 posts, then come back and have no fugging clue.
Chad may be evolving into other things. Interests/forums.......
That's not a bad thing. We all at some point need to expand our horizons........