draw without sending anything, and a store you can finally see before you buy from it.
+nothing to post? spend sparks and draw a picture, a gif or a video straight from the pool — you get the kind you paid for, or you are not charged at all
+the store shows every name colour, badge and effect wearing itself, shelved by price, so you know what you are buying before you buy it
+a short ad pays sparks from level one — no level to reach first
+levels arrive faster and pay more: each one hands you sparks, and the later ones open up the rest of the store
+sparks have a home on your account now — what you earned, what you spent, and where it came from
+clear a private thread off your list with the ×; it comes back on its own if they message again
v2.0
send a picture in, get one back from a stranger — and a name that stays yours.
+swap: a picture goes in and someone else's comes back, picked at random. you find out what it is when you open it
+like what you got and the person who sent it earns sparks. when someone likes yours, so do you
+accounts are free — pick a name and a password and it stays yours, with everything you earn attached to it
+talking moves you up: replies, threads that get going and busy rooms all count, and levels open the tagline under your name
+a store for name colours, badges and tagline effects, paid for in sparks
+watch a short ad when you run out of sparks
v1.7
there are ads now, and a membership is what turns them off — for less than it used to cost.
+the site carries a few ads; a membership removes them
+a pass comes in two lengths — 90 days, or a year at a better rate
+a year costs less than it did
+plain pages on privacy and copyright, saying what we keep and for how long
v1.6
chatlobby will sit on your home screen now, and there is finally a page that says what a membership is.
+add chatlobby to your home screen — it opens full screen, with the browser out of the way
+a page that says plainly what a membership costs and what it turns on
+the site comes back faster when you return to it
+pictures in chat can only ever load from our own servers, never anyone else's
+the blog knows where it is — breadcrumbs, older and newer links, and related posts that are actually related
v1.5.25
send a handful of photos at once, and a few things that should have been quieter now are.
+pick several photos at once — they arrive as one message, side by side
+a group keeps an owner when the last one leaves, and empty groups clear themselves out
+a thread stops looking unread once you have actually read it
+long lists fold away instead of scrolling inside themselves
v1.5
the card behind a name is worth opening now, and members get photos on theirs.
+say what you're here for and which languages you speak — everyone, not just members
+members can put up to three photos on their card, gifs included
+photos stay hidden until you tap to see them, one at a time
+your own name opens your own card, so you can see how you look
+report or block someone straight from their card
+quieter lobby: people who wandered off fold away until you ask for them
v1.4
you stay in the lobby a lot longer, and the things a pass unlocks stopped being invisible.
+stepping away no longer wipes you out — you keep your name and your threads for an hour
+people who wandered off show as afk instead of quietly disappearing
+names are tappable everywhere now: in a room, in the lobby, in a thread
+the card behind a name has something in it, and says what a member would see
+members see when someone looked at them, and who is still around
+one straight answer about what a pass gives, wherever you run into a locked feature
+light mode looks like someone meant it
v1.35
a pass over the whole site — faster, tidier, and a lot better on a phone.
+gifs post as gifs now, and play where you see them
+the message box got out of its own way — more room to type, everything else tucked inside it
+reacting to a message works properly on a phone
+pages load faster, and nothing about you leaves the site to fetch a font
+less clutter in the lobby, and less of your screen spent on lists
+chatlobby gets a real icon when you add it to your home screen
+plenty of small fixes, and a good deal less traffic behind the scenes
v1.3
member passes got the perks they should have had, and the lobby stopped sitting still.
+members can see who looked at them — everyone else sees how many
+members get a line under their name saying what they’re here for
+members sit at the top of the online list
+a members-only room: quieter, and nobody selling you anything
+members can stay in the lobby without appearing in the online list
+the lobby moves now — you can see people arrive and threads reorder
+double-tap a message to react
+rush hour shows itself when it’s actually happening