I have no problem at all with the removal of the chatbox lol.. I didn't really like it to begin with honestly!
I think the problem is that everybody is busy with their lives outside of the internet, if I take me for example, I used to be really active at least in my diary. Now I saw I didn't write in there since last April or something, not even about the trip to India/Nepal!
Maybe new people would help, I'm not sure, but personally that won't mean I'll be online like I used to be.
Sorry sweetie, I can't change that!