katL the privacy issuse is not a Hearme vs Paltalk issue. Or if it is, Paltalk wins by a mile. The only defense we had on Hearme was to keep the URL reasonable quiet and hope that nothing went wrong as there was nothing anyone of us could have done about a trouble maker. Paltalk alows for private (hidden) and locked rooms - both more secure than the old Hearme together with tools to deal with trouble should it occur.

The only reason I can see for moving off Paltalk is one of accessibility and we have yet to prove anything is any better - there were a number of problems with the old Hearme and I was frequently helping people. I have had less of that with Paltalk. The only problem is that those few (please don't get me wrong - I want to see everybody and I miss Bill and daveO.) who are stuck seem to be up against a brick wall.

I am not sure about your list kat. I saw dick Greenhaus in there last night' Spider Tom dropped out of everything connected with folk and there may be reasons other than your suggestions for others not being around.

As for the private room - set one up an try it.

Jon