Misty, it used to be used a lot. If you want to chat, start a thread you are in there.
I think it would be great to have a set time maybe a couple days or nights a week where we can go there to chat. There are many who live in different time zones and maybe that would help them to enjoy chat. Having one day or night a week, people tend to forget. An idea that a moderator could announce in the general as a reminder.
Hope others will give their opinion on this as it would be nice to use again.