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Readers Respond: What I Hate About Yahoo! Chat
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While Yahoo! Chat is America's most popular chat community, there is often a lot left to be desired. From bots promoting porn sites to tweens working their hardest to rub elbows with adults in romance chat rooms, Yahoo! Chat offers many a reason to be the chat we love to loathe.

Why Do You Hate Yahoo! Chat? Rip into Yahoo! here and who knows, maybe they might take notice of your complaint! Weigh in On The Worst Now

RE: Stalking

The environment of a chatroom encourages the behavior that Michelle mentions. Yahoo chat will never be a place to get serious conversation. The solution is a message board or forum, which are well moderated and chatroom antics are not tolerated. So if you hate these things a chatroom is the wrong place for you. Yahoo chatroom will never provide the user-protection that you will find on a message board.
—Guest Greg

Hookups

I get sick of going to the chat rooms only to get hit on by 20 different men in less than 30 minutes wanting to know my age, location, do I have a webcam and can I share pics? WTF does it matter what people look like when all I want is some friendly conversation and to pass the time. Friggin pervs!
—Guest Michelle

stalker

i dont like to post my pic because i have a stalker. i want to know someone without showing my pic. if they want to meet me then they can choose to on their own without pic
—Guest tondobabe

complicated

I used to chat all the time.why diod you change everything and make it so difficult to get in.I haven't been to a chat room in 3 yrs. It used to be simple.Now its crap!!!
—Guest bryangrelle

so many spams

lots n lots n lots of spams sending adult sites links
—Guest roger

don'tchat

i would like to open yahoo without i chat ever rearing it's head I don't ever want to use it ever
—mudshark68

chat

i always keep getting that"the request for has been refused and to try later".I'm too fed up n not getting interest to chat anymore......
—Guest vatsala.rrr@gmail.com

image for verification problem

i keep getting the "we're sorry but no image is available at this time. please try again later" everytime i try to get into Yahoo chat room. it's getting annoying!
—Guest linda em

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