13. A method for private text chatting, the method comprising: receiving, at a receiving device, a request from a requesting device to establish a private-text chat session; closing, based on an indication at the receiving device of an acceptance of the request, other text chat sessions; presenting, based on the receiving, a separate user interface to conduct the private text chat session; exchanging private text chat messages in association with the private text chat session based on and subsequent to the closing and the presenting; and delaying, during the private text chat session, indications of reception of text chat messages associated with other text chat sessions.
13. A method for private text chatting, the method comprising: receiving, at a receiving device, a request from a requesting device to establish a private-text chat session; closing, based on an indication at the receiving device of an acceptance of the request, other text chat sessions; presenting, based on the receiving, a separate user interface to conduct the private text chat session; exchanging private text chat messages in association with the private text chat session based on and subsequent to the closing and the presenting; and delaying, during the private text chat session, indications of reception of text chat messages associated with other text chat sessions. 18. The method of claim 13 , further comprising displaying at least some private text chat messages without indicia of a source of the at least some private text chat messages.