What were AOL chat rooms called?

People Connection The chat product, called People Connection, had a variety of rooms for people interested in such topics as genealogy and strategy games.

Who invented the chat room?

Murray Turoff It was developed by Murray Turoff, a young PhD graduate from Berkeley, and its first use was during President Nixons wage-price freeze under Project Delphi. The system was called EMISARI and would allow 10 regional offices to link together in a real-time online chat known as the party line.