Chat rooms closed today?
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Yup...It seems the yahoo chatrooms are closed temporarily.\n\nSeveral people have mentioned it in this Q&A site.\n\nYahoo are probably just doing some technical adjustments.\n\nYou getting withdrawl??  :-p
1030506
YES...\n\nIt's been resolved and the whole YAHOO is back to normal\n\nMust be some kinda upgrade to bring down the whole Portal...!!!
1039819
They have been shut down. To find out why see this thread at the former taps 18 board.\n\nhttp://www.taps18.com/index.php?topic=39891.0
1134523
Yahoo's deleting their chatrooms.  I read on the site that it's going through an upgrade. Although in the same article, it was pushing chatting on the Messenger instead.
574842
There is a good chance the server is down right now. i would try to come back later or even tomorrow.  No site is up, try turning off the computer and restarting.
1091648
servers are down.\n\nlog in from yahoo.com.au or another international site. look for an envelope if you cant  lol
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Yahoo! User-created chat rooms are no longer available.  According to Yahoo's chat log in page: \n\n"The ability to publish user-created chat rooms in the public Yahoo! Chat directory is currently unavailable. We are working on improvements to this service to enhance the user experience and compliance with our Terms of Service" \n\nYahoo! chat users can view this notice by logging in to Yahoo! Chat via your web browser, and navigating to the chat listings. Once in the listings, click on the "user rooms" link. A screen shot of this notice is available, click here -> http://www.chatmag.com/news/yahoo_chat.jpg. \n\nIn recent years, the Yahoo! chat rooms have been inundated by "ad bots", automated programs that deluge users with private messages containing links to commercial web sites. Online predators have also utilized the Yahoo! chat rooms, seeking children for real or online encounters. \n\nPetitions to Yahoo! to create moderators, or chat room operators have been submitted to Yahoo!,  with no positive results from the Yahoo! staff. \n\nSeveral online vigilante groups, most notably Perverted-Justice.com have also used the Yahoo! chat rooms seeking "wannabe" online predators, and in most cases, publishing transcripts of private conversations conducted within Yahoo! chat. The closure of the user created chat rooms will in effect stop Perverted-Justice.com from operating within Yahoo! chat. \n\nThis closure of the user created chat rooms is system wide, in all Yahoo! chat categories. No further information is available at this time.
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I'm not able to login, either I do believe their servers down.  I can log in to live spaces tho
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yahoo answer and chat rooms
1170867
Geez, I don't know.  I gave up chatting b/c i was so sick of the bs in every room. To much drama...booting and hacking.   Take my advise, don't start!
523090
Due to the nature of online predators, the user rooms will never re-open again. This follows in the footsteps of MSN chat rooms which closed a few years earlier.
1180457
Yes today , i think yahoo server are too busy that's why not signing in messenger ...\nMay be wait and then try again ...
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The large chat community spinchat\nOnline together!\n\nhttp://www.spinchat.com/\n\n:>peace
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they were probley taken down because of the harassment going on in there. you can find other sites where they have chat though dont worry.
15604
It's not a chat room but I might be able to help you here (42 here too and same) I just recently signed up for a yahoo group called hotflash it addresses such things as this. I posted the link below hope this helps it's a start anyway.
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chat rooms!!!  E-mail...IM.
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Nobody knows what happened.  This will be the third day that it's been down.  Hope it's back up soon.\n\nETA:  The owner e-mailed some members and told them he is changing servers, it will be back soon.