Seems to be mostly full of people hurling racist abuse - this should surprise no one.

Open the page... Loading tooltip says "a campfire, not a stage".

750 msec in and I feel a rising tide of "this is llm slop, it's probably not something thoughtfully created; not something that sparks joy".

Not a good initial response. Your coding agent put that there and you probably didn't even think about it much so it got left in, even though it's a trite slopism that doesn't convey anything apart from a vague feeling of cosyness. Just "loading" would have been enough, or a first-load modal where you explain the purpose.

Okay, I'm a sourpuss, I know. Lets go on. So, the chatbox renders... but every API call 503's, so there is nothing to see or do. Apart from staring at a header with another slopism to pick at, like an itching little scab that's been there forever because you can't seem to leave it alone even though you should:

"One room. Everyone. No accounts. No ads. No AI."

   - one room. everyone. 
   Yes we can see that 

   - no accounts
   Yes indeed this is obvious from the autogenerated username

   - no ads
   Thanks for telling me, otherwise I wouldnt have noticed their absence

   - no ai
   Citation needed lol

The idea is good, or at least seems to come from a genuine place. but for fucks sake run a human pass over the copy. Or just ask the clanker to do it for you. LLM text in user interfaces is like tailwind css, linkedin broetry and hustle culture had a demented lovechild.

The tagline is literally "No AI" but this is a clearly Claude-designed website and you say you use AI for moderation, so what does the "No AI" even refer to? That the people you talk to aren't AI? What reason do I have to believe this, given the project's remaining track record?

Also IRC still exists.

I'd get rid of the animated emotes, they're a bit obnoxious. They pop up right over the part of the screen you're trying to read and don't add any value.

This is barrens chat 2.0.

Just a constant slew of racism and US politics.

Like back to the old days of AOL chat

It's currently broke people chat.

You're probably violating 1000 laws with this. But very cool!

”Could not load chat. Check your connection and refresh.”

I loaded the site and within 3 seconds an antisemitic slur appeared and then a few seconds later a slur about asian people appeared.

Predictable, tiresome, cliche.