I am guess it has been brought up before. But how about adding an IM feature to the Café. I know nothing about building or running a site like this so I do not know whats involved but. I have noticed I send PM to people who I see are online and sometimes waiting for a response hoping they notice it before they log out. An IM feature may make it easier for that sort of interaction. But again I am not sure how invilved it is to work something like that into the site. Just an idea

Yes, chat rooms have been discussed in the past and at the present time, we have no plans to create that function.