User blog comment:Ohmyn0/What's Going on with Chat/@comment-168424-20110502041530/@comment-118323-20110504175145

Our priorities change as we hear more and more feedback, but I can assure you that we're focusing on stability and making sure that the each community has the features it needs to conduct product and engaging chat conversations.

Trust me - the changes we want you to notice, you'll notice. :-)