chat of the game and some other features does not work...it is still on autorhizing and seems that it can not connect to the public room...why?

I'm having this problem too. Chat says "authorizing" when I refresh, but after a while it just says I'm not connected to chat. On my profile my online status is constantly connecting. I can play games with AI's and every now and then games with other players appear, but everyone is offline.

When playing a game with AI's I get kicked out of the game after every turn, I'm also getting a ton more points for victories, around 200+. I'm not sure if this has anything to do with the problem but it's definitely new, and strange. Any insight would be appreciated.