Chatgum Crash

The Chatgum Crash was an event that some users refer to which catalogs a period of time in late 2016 where the Chatgum roleplay chat had suddenly declined in popularity for a brief period after the summer of 2016. Which led to a slow recovery time until the following year.

History
Though the reason for the Chatgum Crash is unknown the main theories are that either younger users returning to school after a year of Chatgum role-playing or simply users getting bored the app. Though this was indeed an event, only some users either remember it or refer to as the Chatgum Crash.

Following the Chatgum Crash, Chatgum was quite quiet. Though role-play was more active than the Second Chatgum Crash it still died alot since the early communities and roleplay was more or less out matched by normal chatting. During this time the most active Roleplay communities still remained in Roleplay 3 and 4.

The Chatgum Crash was lifted after more communities started regain popularity such as Roleplay 4 and Roleplay 2.

Legacy
Though the term Chatgum Crash has been used much less overtime, last being used reguarly in 2017, the event is still remembered as a poor type for Chatgum. Though some treat it as a good event, as it cleared up alot of simple one-liners.