What is the purpose of the chats on OpenStudy?

Question

anonymous · Answer

chats or messages?

vera_ewing · Answer

Chats.

anonymous · Answer

chats are for helping people solve questions

hartnn · Answer

Group interaction with fellow users is one of the many efficient forms of learning.
Most group chats can be used to informally discuss about existing problems and their solutions in that subject/field of study. 

Ofcourse, they can be (and mostly) used for social interactions, 
to get to know your fellow users on a more personal level, 
chill out and make new friends! :)

e.mccormick · Answer

The goal was to get more conversations on the topics of study and to add more social interaction to the site.  Sadly, they just get abused more than anything else.

vera_ewing · Answer

That's what I thought. Thanks, @hartnn

usukidoll · Answer

the chats used to be productive, but now some users (mostly new accounts) just spam or use chat to harass others :/

vera_ewing · Answer

@usukidoll What exactly do you mean by "productive"?

usukidoll · Answer

productive meaning casual conversation or talking about math related topics.