internet - Are the chatrooms dying?

For years the chatrooms were the major driving force of the internet in China, where people would anonymously vent their feelings, although sometimes watched by volunteers who stepped in when chatters would cross a line. That was one of the reasons to put up a chatroom at this site too.
Major lynch parties took place through the chatrooms, as for example the manager of the Zhuhai hotel noticed last year when a sex party involving 400 Japanese men caused an uproar in the chatrooms and brought several people for years behind bars. More than once the government reacted on those sentiments in chatrooms.
But internet users seems to have lost their interest. Several eager chatters of the past told me that they have lost their interest, partly because the hate the anomous nature of chatting.
Interest in my chatroom has also been underwhelming, so I might drop this system. Any suggestions for other ways of communicating?
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