Thanks for "Let's have a chat" by Gaurav Upadhaya (#11 ). He has overlooked the "pre-historic" days of internet
chats. Nepalsearch.com chat was the pioneer web-based chat
site, but a lot of us were chatting away on the internet long before that on IRC (Internet Relay Chat).
The "#nepal" room of IRC was a popular internet stop for lot of Nepali college students studying in the US,
the Philippines, Australia, and Canada. It was a virtual place to meet fellow Nepalis, share news from Nepal, and/or just do plain guff-gaff. IRC has now lost its popularity, but it was/is still technically superior
to some text-based web chats.

Sagun Karmacharya
Minneapolis, USA

In "Let's have a chat" you say that econepal.com is a teen site since its ch@tmandu is popular among young people. But it is more than just a teen site-it has Nepal's largest search engine, travel info for tourists, people search, etc. It was also the first site to introduce Java chat.

Kewal
(econepal.com chatter)