Introduction

Welcome to the NINA & Escargot community.

Let's do a quick overview of terms and so forth.

AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) and AOL are two different things

AIM is a small instant messaging program similar to MSN Messenger or Yahoo! Messenger. Where as AOL is a full on, classic desktop program which not only provides the ability to chat, but also send/receive email, look up content, browse the web, etc. Calling AIM "AOL" is confusing in the community, akin to calling "Windows Live Messenger" just "Windows" because it just happens to be the first word.

The term "group chat" is a bad term mostly centered around MSN and little else

The proper term is "chat room" where as messages sent privately between two people (like a DM) are "instant messages" or "private messages", those are never called "chats", that's just even more confusing.

Is Escargot down?

No.

See also our Extended FAQ