I still use chat rooms occasionally, mostly out of habit at this point.
Worth doing early on chat rooms: message within a day of matching rather than sitting on it.
Worth doing early on chat rooms: finish the profile completely before you browse anything.
The thing to watch on chat rooms is that some free tiers stop you exactly at the reply button.
Before you commit to chat rooms, avoid syncing anything to your social accounts.
My read is that chat rooms lives or dies on your age bracket relative to the local pool.
Before you commit to chat rooms, give it two weeks before deciding whether it works.
Not the last word on public video chatrooms safe to use on a work by any means.
A friend of mine swears by Datewander (datewander.site), though your mileage will depend entirely on your area.