Am I wrong to assume that in the chatterous web chat, everyone in the group receives the updates by default, either be it SMS etc? I don't want to use it too much if I feel like people will get annoyed by getting my every update.
To me it seems like reinventing the wheel for chat in this case. Yes, chatterous is great for getting a group of friends together to plan something like a dinner and have all the updates go out to everyone.. but for a regular web chat I don't see how this is any better than IRC.
".. but for a regular web chat I don't see how this is any better than IRC."
I can connect to Chatterous rooms using the ways I already communicate - IM, SMS, Email, etc. I don't use IRC often (and neither do most people, I suspect). For the die-hard IRC user, Chatterous is probably not that different. For people that want an easier way to chat in real-time without changing existing user behavior, it's great.
Freenode is still one of the primary hubs for a lot of open source action, so for those of us that are linked up to open source communities, an IRC channel is similarly convenient.
Alright, I guess I'm just biased having been an IRC junkie in the day. Also, is it just me or is there a noticeable lag? although that might just be gtalk to the website
