Yes, Sarah, people hang out there frequently. As someone who does go into chat daily, compared to many of those who responded, I can tell you that it's a safe space, there is very little drama, and it's moderated quite well. All the rules of the community still apply. No religion or politics, etc.

Whomever mentioned creating your own chat room, I'm not sure we still have that functionality, but even so, only moderators and chat hosts are supposed to do that. As it stands all scheduled chats happen in the auditorium. There are a few scheduled chats every week.

There was some drama years ago before many rules were laid down on the chat community and it has been much better since then. Take it from someone who goes in chat daily and can be considered a "regular". Itself a safe space and mostly everyone is very enjoyable. And if you want to chat privately with someone, that ability is still there.

I think you should check it out. It's been a great resource for support for me on PC.