Why are there so many "bots" in the chat rooms? Do people actually talk to them or follow their links?
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Most bots have URLs and vulgar language in whatever they type. You can't get anymore blatant than that, so I usually know initially if it's a bot or not, and ignore it.
381712
Get lost you fatty chat room chatter. God - ppl are dying in the world, and all you care about is chat rooms. Shame on you fatty.
350220
the user rooms are being misued like forcing children for sex.\nsome concerned groups sued yahoo for not monitoring........for more information check these articles\n \nhttp://www.addict3d.org/index.php?page=viewarticle&type=news&ID=7600&title=Yahoo!%20Closes%20User%20Created%20Chat%20Rooms.\nhttp://www.betanews.com/article/Yahoo_Shutters_User_Chat_Rooms/1119538447
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what is it? on yahoo or aol? i don't know what to tell you but i do know they are other chat rooms besides on the 2 of them. go to talk city or to ebaums.com there is a chat room on there.
231408
great... now you're putting the PRESSURE on!  i haven't done a lot of 'chat room' activity, and i'm just getting started with the blogging... but i am totally immersed in this site and i know exactly what you mean.   (your enthusiasm is bubbling over... careful!)  \n\nthe way answers lets you 'track' people using thier avatars is what i like most... and i think it lets you get to know a person better than any chat room.  you could click back and follow my 'portfolio' for 6 weeks, and you'd learn more about me by what i'm interested in, how i respond, and the words i use, than you could ever get out of any blog or chat room.  \n\ngreat? (i'm flattered!:)
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Chatty in what sense? \n\nThis isn't really a forum for conversation which would require numerous feedback sessions between you and those that answer. You ask, we answer, you pick best answer and state your claim as to why.\n\nChatty I would imagine would be left to the live forms such as chat rooms.\n\nI'm not sure why you were violated but was just presenting my argument based on what I think the Yahoo gods are using as reasons.
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i been watching ur question i knew nobody would answer. but yes  there is a room where u can chat in almost any moment of the day .this is the catholic chat room number 1 there is allways people fighting about religion in there is kind of fun sometimes to see them all fighting it is also bot free believed or not . so if u apretiate having a responce and are satisfied whit it u know what to do . many of the christians chat rooms sometimes have ppl chating too. other than religious rooms i don't know.
568029
In google search type spybuddy or buddyspy ( i m confused with that) download that s/w and you could see who is online ,hidden etc and also in what chat room they are.
588374
I don't know if there is a way for them to do it but it would be greatly appreciated. I'd say 60+% of people in yahoo! chatrooms are bots.
1017856
I spend about an hour or two a day total on Q&A myself.  I would have to say it is alot better than Yahoo Chat because there are actually real people here who ask and answer questions.  For me I only use chat programs to communicate with people I actually know, only rarely will I get bored enough to waste time in one of the many poor, bot infested chatrooms of Yahoo, or AOL.
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i dont think yahoo is allowing to use multiple profiles when entering  chat room -- both at the same time. you can use either one of your profiles, but not both. there are users slash hackers slash booters that use other software to have multiple accounts on one room. if you want, you can do that thing to. go to google then search for yahoo bots. or, go to www.booterworld.com i dont think its still operating though.
542719
Because they just too plain stupid to find chatrooms, or because they are complete losers looking for attention.\n\nI'd suggest ignoring them completely.
493469
If you read the content of most chatrooms, why on earth would girls want to get involved?\n\nThey're full of desperate men, who can't meet real girls, trying to use chatrooms as a pickup parlour.
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The answer: Yahoo! no longer allows access to the chat rooms for people under 18 years old. When I went to the chat site, it said that I couldn't because I was under 18.\nI think I read that they are doing it to cut down on child predators. Really a good thing, actually.
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Chat bot is an AI program, it storead a list of expected question people will ask and responded with a preprogram message, if the quesion is not found in its knowledge base, it will respond you with some kinds of default response.\nexmaple : www.alicebot.org
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I think that most of the people on here are younger(you can tell by their spelling, grammar, and questions) and they think that they can get people to chat or send e-mails. I think they are a little dumb, but then look at me I'm on here too answering away. How smart does that make me?
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I honestly do not place any faith on meeting people in ANY chat room at all. I just basically hardly ever go to a chat room. because some people will be, you know, like you described them, there will ALWAYS be them hanging out in every chat room on the net, so you never know who you are really chatting with and the only way to find out SUCKS because that means getting more personal with them . . and then it's too late if they are a perv.\n\nYou know, I really think there is a better chance of meeting a nice person just browsing books at a popular bookstore, or a small cafe or cafe concert or even StarBucks for that matter.