The evolution of chat forums

[captstab777]

I'm new to them and I like them. Is the reason they've gained popularity because of the decline of the chat room? I used to use chat rooms on yahoo like 7 years ago. Now I'm on there at it is all spam bots and webcam bots. It seems like there are no real people on there. Also, forums allow people to converse without necessarily being logged on at the same time, and convos can go for days or weeks.

Was that all part of the evolution of chat forums?