Why is it when one enters a chat room people ask are you new to this room or a regular?
87051
Being very suspicious by nature, I tend to believe that a possible reason why people in the chat room would ask whether you're new to chat rooms in general or to a particular forum is that you could be easy prey for a quick trick.\nOR simply it could be a person in the chatroom trying to spark a conversation with another person in the forum
951597
I don't mind the occasional silly words in chat, the thing that gets to me is the constant BUZZING when you don't answer because you are busy doing something else!!!  Some people have their own way of chatting so they put those words in like lol or whatever.
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.
454713
Unfortunately, many people act different because of the anonymous nature of chat.  A person can say anything about who and what they are without fear of discovery.  That freedom leads some people to act as they would like to be rather than as they truly are.  There are also those that use chat to entice other people ... there have been a couple of cases recently, where men have acted like teenagers in order to set up a meeting.  So, yes, people do project themselves differently in chat.
2987
Probably to avoid letting someone create a new account and begin spamming the system automatically. It seems like the folks at Yahoo have to remove questions by hand, so it makes sense that they don't want to get overwhelmed.
210080
Cuz they r snobs!  Some of them find one person they want to talk to and they meet in the chatrooms so they can talk instead of im's ya know?  Try Daily Buzz- its a news show in the early morning and they have a chat room where the people r very nice and friendly and everyone talks to everyone.  If u want an e mail pay just feel free to e mail me.  Im a stay at home mom and always home!
41973
They are trying to figure out what your angle is.  Unfortunately it isn't normal to just go say hi to a random person in a store and quite probably they are busy in a world of their own thinking through problems etc or wondering what to buy and then suddenly from no where a total stranger comes upto them and says hi.  First thing is shock as they have to come out of their own little world, second is an attempt at recognition as they try desperately to put a name to your face and wonder where they have met you before and then thrdly is wondering what you are after...they are probably waiting for the "Hi, can you help me I have lost my wallet and just need some change for the bus/to call my dad".  All of this would play out on their face like one big "what the hell is this freak doing talking to me" kind of look.  Hope this clears it up :o)
761737
There are differences between chat servers but basically the hosts of the channel are the only ones that can boot/kick people from the channel. If you are having problems with a childish host booting people for no reason the easiest solution is for you just to make another channel where you are host and just have everyone move there. Some chat servers are more secure than others one reason my friends use the chat at Buzzen.com the script kiddies have no power there
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!
526141
All the time.  A lot of folks use their chat language.  Also, a lot of folks are not from our country and are trying their best, know what I mean?  And then, some are just real young and hate their english teacher! LOL!
129978
Sweetie.  Make sure you don't address anyone by name (even though it is the polite thing to do) because it is a violation of Yahell ANswer's community guidelines.  They call if chatting even though chatting is something you do in a CHATROOM in REAL TIME or in PM's in REAL TIME.  If you do address anyone by name, you get your question removed from the list.  That is why All of my questions from here on in will be done in 24 - 48 hours so NO ONE loses 10 points becaue Yahoo personell are rude.
7700
To prevent spam.  The higher your level, the more questions you can answer.
106364
easy lie about your age. or go into teen chat rooms. the reason why you have to be 18 to go in chat rooms is because there "porn" bots in there.
1124741
I think most of the "people" in the chat rooms are bots.  Bots are "robots", they aren't really people, they are programs that try to get you to go to a pay site somewhere.
337107
Go into the chat rooms! Geez! Oh...and thanks for the 2 points...
233103
an 'empty' chat room ...\n\n\non a serious note: a chat room with only 1 person, since you would essentially chat with yourself or not chat at all
1112849
LMFAO!!! Yahoo's claiming to be upgrading the Chat rooms & features on Groups.  I don't miss it as I rarely went into one for the same reasons.  I've stuck to chatting on Yahoo's messenger & my AIM messenger.