Readers' Choice Awards 2012: Best IM

The Best Chat Rooms category in About.com's 2012 Readers' Choice Awards spotlights the best chat room feature in 2012. A chat room is defined as a feature in which multiple persons can chat via text-based messages and multimedia in a centralized location, accessible via instant messaging client or a web-based service, on a PC, tablet or other mobile device, for free or for a fee.

Finalists in this category are selected through a public online nomination process based on a number of factors, including ease of use, efficiency, lack of bugs or issues, notable features and stellar support services.

Consider these factors carefully as you make your own voting decisions. The voting period closes Wed., March 21, 2012.

Vote Now: Best Chat Rooms

• AirG
• Badoo
• Omegle
• Talk City
• Tiny Chat

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Thank you for participating in the 2012 Readers' Choice Awards!

Best Chat Room Winners
Before submitting your choice for 2012's best chat rooms, you might consider reading about the previous winners and finalists in this category:

• 2011: Mig33
• 2010: Groups.im
• 2009: Yahoo Chat