Anabel also makes a sweet tamale, stuffed with raisins, yum. The shell of the pupusa is made of corn flour and water, like dough. Make a ball, then flatten and make bowl shape, put the stuffing in the middle, remake it into a ball, then flatten to about 3/8 thick and pan fry.
Charleston is nice, I've been a few times for work, we have a customer there.
To the OP, as in a lot of things, there's nothing as constant as change. IRC chat rooms were all the rage after Al Gore invented the internet. That died out, now the forums are giving way to the new.