1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving over a communications network a plurality of chat messages from two or more different chat rooms; analyzing the plurality of messages to extract a summary of activity taking place in the two or more chat rooms, wherein the summary of activity further includes a chat room summary to be presented on a distinct region of the display for each of the two or more chat rooms, the distinct region of a plurality of the chat room summaries each including a plurality of subregions, a first subregion presenting one or more infographics reflecting an amount of participant activity in its respective chat room, wherein the infographics provide a real-time indication of a participant's activity in its respective chat room; and causing the summary of activity to be presented on a display.
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 in which the one or more infographics further includes a timeline representing an historical amount of participant activity over a prescribed period of time.