Start Your Own Chat (private) Tutorial Home >Internet >Basics >America Online 5.0 >Communicating >Start Your Own Chat (private) Tutorial Home >Internet >News >America Online 5.0 >Communicating >Start Your Own Chat (private) Tutorial Home >Internet >Online services >America Online 5.0 >Communicating >Start Your Own Chat (private) Tutorial Home >Internet >Shopping >America Online 5.0 >Communicating >Start Your Own Chat (private)   Step 1:  Create a Chat Room Click start your own chat on the people connection menu. A menu opens.   Step 2:  Pick a Type of Chat To create a chat for others to join as well as your friends, click to create a member chat. To create a private chat with only your friends, click private chat. Click on private chat since we want to invite only our friends in.   Step 3:  Make a Name for Your Chat Type in a name for your chat room in the text box. Then click go chat. If you know the name of a private chat you want to join, type it in and click go chat. It will take you to that chat room.   Step 4:  Invite Others to Your Chat Notify your friends via instant messenger that your chat room is up and that they can now enter.