Tell HN: I miss the chatrooms of the 90s

I recall the days when IRCs and even AOL chatrooms were all the rage. Back then, I was able to join and chat with a group of people for almost any topics, be it, #nba, #movies, #math, #sql, etc ... you name it. There were always people, helpful ones too.

And now, the only thing that comes closest in chatting is Reddit/Twitter. It is more of a QA forum though and not really real-time.

Oh the good ol' days, anyone here miss them too?