Xat.com - The Chatting Network

New comer Xat is a chat centered social network. Join a chat group or make your own chat box to paste on your favorite social network—MySpace, Facebook, etc. You can choose from a variety of backdrops (or upload your own), and sizes. Xat itself has hundreds of different chat groups ranging from the religious, ethnic, anime oriented, and the simply nice people, to music fans, stoners in Washington, and roleplayers. Of course, you've got your choice of avatars and plenty of animated smileys to spice up your conversations. There are also widgets—for polling, for quizzes, and for slideshows. To find your preferred chat group check out the directory, or use the search bar. The site is available in a handful of languages, and chats are bound to be mulit-lingual. It's free to join.

"3 million people to chat to! xat.com is a fun social networking site with the coolest online chat box. Make friends, join a group, run your own chat - 10,000s online now."

Xat has latched onto chat and is connecting a worldwide community. People all over the globe can form a group on Xat and delve into conversations. Great for practicing your language skills and meeting new people.

Most of these chat rooms seem to devolve into a mess of animated icons, and gibberish. Will anyone find anything really worth taking away? Isn't Xat missing quite a few social networking features that most people have come to know and love?