Thread:ScottyBlue/@comment-8072-20111103020222/@comment-8072-20111103032739

I'm pretty sure the average person has a dictionary at their fingertips if they come across a difficult word. This is the simplest terminology to describe online chatting. Bringing in things like specific minutes, seconds - that further complicates it.

Responding to 1 message immediately does not constitute chatting. That's 1 message and 1 reply. If the original poster were to reply again, immediately per your scenario, then we would have a conversation, and thus chatting.