Why did Yahoo ruin political chat?
966996
Just to tick you off.
579325
Yahoo just wants this place to be popular. They care little about actual discussion or rights. It's just the whole nature of business in general... a business will do anything that will promote its product and it will avoid anything that will do nothing for it. \n\nRace discussions are generally highly subjective and the negative risks of such a discussion outweigh any positive gain for Yahoo. Thus, they ban it. Rights of individuals has nothing to do with it.
658416
I believe chat2.0 is java based, and yahoo took away the java support about a month ago.l
477937
I used to use it about 7 years ago all the time, phased out of it about 5 years ago, then a couple of weeks ago I was bored so downloaded it again and searched for people and the only people i could find where people leading me to adult chat sites. Couldnot find one normal person online! so i suggest deleting it!
261876
I think it was a glitch in the system. Mine disappeared for a little while. Yahoo is currently making updates and everything keeps getting messed up.
358129
All java based chat rooms are gone Yahoo no longer supports java so why try?
222354
the yahoo chat part is OK, but it don't give you info on alot of range of ideas or wide range of issues  and what people are thinking like the yahoo answer does,besides you can agree or disagree and have fun at the same time!!!!
431930
probably yahoo is causing your problems.  right now yahoo is causing issues with yahelite a program used to chat that most of the time when you type others cant see it, try restarting the chat or your comp.
767658
Yahoo has regretably been over run with spam. It would be in your best interest to seek chat with another service. . .  Try aim, or msn, they are the most popular.
762346
Because yahoo is a piece of crap .. . . http://www.oatmealmedia.net
448814
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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Well, I have to say, I don't chat in Yahoo anymore at all, but  from around 1998 - 2003, I was in there all the time and there were PLENTY of SexBots back then as well. \n\nAll you can do is block and report, then hope Yahoo will do something about it - but they'll always find a way around it.
673966
i get the "joining a chat room took longer than expected" message every time i try to join a chat room too, so i no longer bother with it because yahoo has screwed it up.\n\nso i just go to http://www.yahoochat.com to chat now because messenger is absolute rubbish!
741615
something wrong with the yahoo system
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...!!!
774865
Very glad, i am so glad the mud-slinging ads will be gone.  What happened to the issues?
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It was removed because it was too chatty.\n\nFrom the Community Guidelines:\nDON'TS: You may not use Yahoo! Answers:\n . . .\n  3. to chat or have discussions with other members\n\nYou keep your points for answering, though (I'm pretty sure).