Msn messenger is an instant messaging service. NOT a chatroom. You can talk to your friends online and your friends only, unless you add someone to your contacts list that you do not know. Its a service that allows you to talk to your friends for free. So parents stop being paranoid...it is NOT and I will repeat NOT a chatroom!
Mum: "I am not sure that I want you to go on this chatroom"
Kid: "It's not a chatroom its an instant messaging service"
Mum: "I'm not sure"
Kid: "Fine then, look i'll show you" *signs onto messenger*
Kid: Hiya Sarah
Sarah: Hiya
Kid: what are we talking on now?
Sarah: msn messenger....der!!
Kid: Is msn messenger a chatroom?
Sarah: No.. it's an instant messaging service.
Kid: Thank you
*Kid turns to Mum*
Kid: "See, I told you Mum, it's not a chatroom"
Microsoft's very own messenger service, used by a huge variety of people to chat with each other offering many useful features. Mainly used by teenagers & often assumed that the Messenger is used by perverts.