They are open. As the owner of a few I know for sure - in fact I even use some.

It helps if you can let folks know you'll be there at a certain time. Let me think about it some more in Insomniacs Group? Maybe there is a way to leave a post pinned to the top - for folks to say what time zone they are in and looking to chat?

It's a large membership group so a good place to look.

We hope to have a sound alert for room entering one day too. We've always known this was an issue.

I run the Singles/Mingle/Chatroom. We are open 24/7. We try to have someone in there at least 12 hours a day.

And how long did you stay in any given room before leaving?

I have always found them 'open'...just no one there. It seems like if there were scheduled times, people could meet at that time. I just wondered if I was overlooking something somewhere.

I joined the night owl group only to find no one ever in it. I understand time zone differences but never? Anyway I got out of that one. I think the person who started it told me that they had certain times that it was open which is ridiculous since it's for night owls, but that speaks volumes I guess that chat rooms arent open all the time for some reason.

Hi, I don't know, but if you find out, please let me know. I have had the same experience. - Devrais

Depends on the room, some are 24/7, others have designated times.