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Vicki Davis 13 Apr 13 03:02:04 Rumbletalk bills itself as a "boutique" backchannel chat tool for live events, Facebook events. etc. They are marketing themselves for integration into Facebook pages and events but it can be put in other places. Lots of backchannel capabilities are emerging as many educators and event planners see the value of providing, managing and leading in the backchannel chats that WILL and DO occur whether you wish they did or not. 

"Start A Free Private Chat Fill out this form to create a chat room immediately - only for you and people you invite. "

"A text smiley face -- often called a smiley or emoticon -- is used in text message and online chat communications to convey an emotion. Learn how to make text smiley faces in this Webopedia.com text message and online chat guide."

Draw it Live is a free application that allows you to work together with other people to draw in real time.  You simply create a whiteboard and share its URL to allow other people to join in. No password is required, and no special plugins are required. Just click on the link, type in your name, and start drawing and chatting with your friends

"Thumbscribes lets you create private groups to collaboratively create a story. That private option makes it stand-out from many other similar sites."

Run an online discussion easily! Create a new thread to discuss a topic online with friends, co-workers or any other people you know."

A possible alternative, which is nice and easy to use (no sign up required) to twitter and todays meet(which is actually quite similar to this)- url invites

"If you haven't noticed, or if have not created a new Google Doc in a few days, you should. The brilliant folks on the Google Docs team are at it again. This time, they have enhanced the way in which you can add collaborators and work together on projects. To date, the annotating and commenting features were a little limited, and not very helpful. This new addition creates a whole new 'layer' to how you can interact with Google Docs."

" What is Flapon? Flapon is a topic-based social networking service, which means that users interact and create social networks based on mutual interests. Flapon features include an interactive blogging/forum function called "Flap" which allows users to write about and discuss topics of mutual interest, as well as upload images and video from their computer or grab them from the web. Users can easily meet new people based on those mutual interests without muddling through thousands of forums online. "

"lets you easily create a video chatroom for up to 15 people."