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Male, 29  Cairo   Egypt Paltalk is an internet chat service for text, voice and video chatting. The Paltalk Messenger program is in a free, banner-supported format as well as an ad-free version that requires users to subscribe. It is a privately held New York based company founded in 1998. Paltalk claims 4 million users worldwide, making it the largest voice and video chat community on the World Wide Web. It also owns and operates HearMe, a video and voice-enabled web conferencing service that allows users to conduct group meetings. Paltalk became popular after Firetalk, an earlier voice/music chat program, became unable to maintain operation due to a lack of adequate funding. Most Firetalk users migrated to Paltalk, although others moved to other chat programs. After Firetalk went bankrupt, Paltalk bought Firetalk and e-mailed all Firetalk users inviting them to join Paltalk. At that point, however it was moot as most had already joined or moved on. Tech