no its not like a chat.....its more like a personal message board i guess. Everyone has their won page and posts things....like ok I'm working on......or time to clean the house....things like that....then anyone who is their friend can reply to that. You can post pictures too. And you can do a 1 to 1 chat. It really is neat and being on it has let me be in touch with family members that normally we wouldn't see or talk to often and find friends I haven't seen in years.