Chatrooms and chats - what's the difference?

In case the terminology is not clear, chatrooms are intended to be containers for chats.

If you know that you will have a series of related chats, then create a chatroom for them, and create the chats from the chatroom interface.

If a chat is one off or adhoc, then you can simply create a chat node without needing to relate it to any chatroom.

For developers, chatrooms and chats are distinct node types, and should be treated as such.