(Trigger warning: Mentions of Rape)
I have mixed opinions on chatrooms. Sure, they can be lots of fun, but they come with many issues.
The first issue is the theme of the room itself. They can be fun and engaging if done right. Maybe someone wants to make a party!chatroom, and we can help. However, horrible stuff like inactivity and games like Seven Minutes in Heaven can ruin the mood of generic chats. In AU!chatrooms, the Admin has to make it fun for everyone to enjoy. Most often they use anime crossover, crossover, fantasy, mental hospital, wtc. If done right, they can go on for a long time, but if they don't, then it becomes awkward and eveyone is to busy RPing smut to notice.
The second issue are the RPers themselves. I met some RPers in chatrooms who were really nice, but I met some who were creepy or were jerks. The people in there could also ruin the mood of the chatroom for me. For example, I met this Admin who tried to be nice, but she had a control-freak problem, made her character a Mary Sue of sorts (it was a Nyo!2P!character), and often showed/boasted NSFW stuff at random times. I also feel that people who are godmodding or do rape ruin it for me and otherd wanting to have fun, as this is pretty serious. In fact, godmodding could get people banned from the chatroom PERMANENTLY. In one chatroom, someone was RPing Germany and raped an OC. I like Germany, but this person tried to make it interesting and dark and tried godmodding his way through everything. And then there are the Mary Sue RPers, who try to say you're the rude person in an argument even though they godmod.
As a result of some things like this, my opinion is what it is. If you don't like it, then that is okay.