No one ever talked about it being successful, where was that even mentioned?
Not about that at all as you know full well some people miss a chatroom and just wanna be able to talk directly instead of using a forum that isn't as vibrant and full of life like the old chatroom was. A new chatroom would not be filled of people but the option would be there at least unlike now.
If you measure everything in terms of success then creating a chatroom in the name of ones idol and then getting hated by that very person will of course never be considered as success and I think you know that better than most.