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Great idea, but I can see few practical problems:

1) It has the same catch-22 problem like dating. Unless there are many users already chatting on the site Im visiting, theres no point for me to install this plugin.It maybe better if you target some small segment of people with similar browsing interests, like people who spend a lot of time in social networks, youtube etc.

2)http://www.visitrs.com/ doesnt have any content other than a login screen and the screenshots on mozilla.org is minimal. Some more screenshots would help.

3) What will I chat with strangers on a site? or will I even see a list of users currently willing to chat? Will I see the stream of messages between other "chatters" like chat rooms?



thanks you for the feedback, sorry i was to be your guide,but fell asleep after hours of continuous coding :'(

1 - if user's main interest in it is chatting, then you're right, more people will grab interest of more people. somewhat similar to chicken-egg problem. spreading the word will mostly work with people from the closed communities, where users will need to pay for messaging and stuff.

2 - i was to finish the about page but nature didn't let me stay awake that much, will do it asap

3 - again this is related to number of people that will see some gain in using this application. i'll try to promote it and will see how much insterest it'll grab.

thanks for feedback :)




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