Check out irc. It’s an old technology, but that is pretty much the purpose.
[Outdated, please look at pinned post] Casual Conversation
Share a story, ask a question, or start a conversation about (almost) anything you desire. Maybe you'll make some friends in the process.
RULES
- Be respectful: no harassment, hate speech, bigotry, and/or trolling
- Encourage conversation in your post
- Avoid controversial topics such as politics or societal debates
- Keep it clean and SFW: No illegal content or anything gross and inappropriate
- No solicitation such as ads, promotional content, spam, surveys etc.
- Respect privacy: Don’t ask for or share any personal information
Related discussion-focused communities
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Check out VR Chat if you have a computer (no VR headset needed). You can turn down the settings really far if your computer struggles with stuff.
If you haven't heard about it, it's basically a proximity chat game just centered around talking to people or playing social games. There are VR bars and stuff.
RIP omegle
Discord often works out well, depending on the parts you go to. I have a server where half of the people stay and half come and go, if it interests you.
In the spirit of this space, I think folks might dig MeroChat as it's free, ad-free, and even open source. It'd be fun to see it used some more, I think.
There's also Wusoup, which is free and ad-free, but it's not open source and requires account creation. Due to the last point I've not tried it so I can't speak to its quality, but it may be worth a try.