Alex J.

Now known as cronychat.net this site now has a new owner and moderator team with a different strategy for running the site. Cronychat has suffered previous issues from a former owner called Lions who according to sources was controversial in his approach. Lions no longer has any connection to Cronychat. The site and its moderator team has also suffered harrassment from users of a rival chatroom site.

An adult based in USA runs the administrative and development side of the site, whilst two brothers in their early teens based in Scotland or Ireland runs the moderation. The new team clearly have worked hard to take the site in a new direction, and their passion is clearly evident in making their site safe and successful.

The focus of he site is on user safety, and they have made efforts to advise users on internet safety. They say they have formed a partnership with a police force to help monitor the site. They have a domain certificate in place, and have worked hard to try to make the site secure. I believe they now have new chatting software in place.

I came upon the site by accident, and unless you know the domain name or have the url saved, you will find it hard to find the site in its current form. The site consists of one chat room which is open to everyone of all ages. There is some confusion as to which target market this site is aimed at, but a lot of content seems designed to teens.

The team of cronychat in their enthusiasm has added rather too much content onto the site, slowing the site down, and also giving it an appearance of clutter and confusion. The times I have visited the site, it did not have much user activity.

I think the site has a lot of improvement needed, but it looks safe, colourful and interesting with new content appearing each day. I think a focus on quality over quantity might benefit the site.