Does anyone know why the yahoo chat fight rooms are closed down?
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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 tried the link and all I got was that the server they are using is down.  I tried in different browsers but nothing.  Still got the same thing.  Best suggestion is to keep checking every now and again.  If they are the one with the problem hopefully they will have the problem fixed shortly.
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Well said that man... why do they have to butt in? I saw some of the replies to your last question about chat.  If they dont want to chat then why answer?  Mind you, looks like you got a few offers there, any of them come off?\nNow we have lost chat rooms where it was easy to pop in and find someone to talk to, this seems a good place to start a convo, so GOOD LUCK mate
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Yes server is down.\n\nGo to Answer and then click on Computer & Internet. Theres about 20 people every minute asking this same question....so you are not alone =)\n\nIf you go to Answers forum, many people are having same issue. Yahoo's server went down starting last night doing tech work and now they are down again. Their server should be stable soon.
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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.
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Well, if you're talking about getting into a yahoo chat room...yahoo has this new restriction about not letting anyone under the age of 18 get into their chat rooms. So if you're under 18 that should explain.\n\nHope that helped.
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there is a problem with yahoo. nobody can get into chat right now.
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Yahoo is incompetent. Their basic policy is: Someone complains, delete it. Reason? Chatting & Personal Communications. The site has been bombarded by questions like yours "why did i get this bs violation?" or they e-mail them back. Nothing works and never will. Yahoo is full of morons like the ones that report legitimate questions.
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EXCELLENT Question!!!!\n\nI stopped chatting in yahoo rooms long ago because of that. It really sucks. On Y!A you cant call a rooster a c0ck without it being edited or deleted but you have porn ads and bots all over every chat room! Obvious where yahoo decided to spend their money, yes?
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what does that mean???\nI wasn't aware they had stopped private chat
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I think it depends on what mood the yahoo team is in; today I had three deleted while open, but I hadn't had any deleted that way in weeks. It's a total crapshoot, you just gotta take the gamble ;)
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The internet provider might have restricted you to access Yahoo Chat rooms !!!
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BIG hoax!!!  Often comes through on Yahoo! Messenger and you have to pass it onto EVERYONE on your friends list to keep it going!  HA!  AS IF!!!  If Yahoo was really closing down, chances are it would be all over international media!  Yahoo is a massive company that has a fair bit of money at its disposal - if they need to close for real, we'll know about it!
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i don't know of any other chat environment but i heard they closed the user rooms because of obscene content and the high content of child pornography.
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Yahoo shut down its user-created chat rooms after a TV station reported that some of them were being used by adults to promote sex with kids. This happened about half a year ago.
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I think Yahoo took away the 'Adult' chat rooms until they can find a way to moderate them.  They had a problem with youngesters going in them without consent of their parents.
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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...!!!