Are the people in the chat rooms real people on poptropica?

Well, the people in the Poptropica chat rooms are real. If they were not real, do you think they would costumize other people, and challenge you to games. If they weren't real, it would be all about you in the chat rooms. But, the people there cannot really interact because of the limited chat.
You could try a website called Nicktropolis, which is less anonymous.