is yahoo chat dead ?

Discussion in 'Yahoo' started by largn81, Feb 24, 2008.

  1. #1
    Hi,
    i used to spend hours chatting with people from all around many countries in yahoo chat, everytime i try to look for yahoo chat to use it again i don't find it, then i come back as of now i'm unsuccessful. does that service still exist out there?
    F.L.
     
    largn81, Feb 24, 2008 IP
  2. brethart

    brethart Peon

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    #2
    yes th service does exist but too many bots which means its virtually dead
     
    brethart, Feb 28, 2008 IP
  3. SticKer

    SticKer Well-Known Member

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    #3
    Yahoo chat still exists but its all filled with bots.
     
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    Dudleyswarehouse.com Banned

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    #4
    yeah, we(in avatar) met through yahoo chat rooms, and it has been 2 yrs...check once to the 1 that we used to go all the time...but its filled with bots nowadays

    :)
     
    Dudleyswarehouse.com, Feb 28, 2008 IP
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    KarloBlogero Peon

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    #5
    Yahoo chat is dead? Well, i admit that the liveliness that Yahoo chatrooms had once is now gone, I'm still usng Yahoo chat to chat with friends one on one.
     
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  6. pharcyded

    pharcyded Peon

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    #6
    They closed it down for awhile because of all the bots (to fix it), and I think they permanently removed the ability for users to create their own rooms. Not sure though...they could have added that option back but user created rooms were really the only rooms anyone used. So without them the chat is useless. But no matter what they will always be bot filled which is so annoying most uses won't come back even if they are real.
     
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    #7
    I thought Yahoo Chat was now a part of Lycos chat?!

    I used to go on the original Yahoo Chat all the time back in the day. I remember using the Cheeta Chat client and everyone trying to find the "Boot Code" lol Ahhh what I wouldn't give to be 13 again ;)
     
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  8. wisdomtool

    wisdomtool Moderator Staff

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    #8
    Is that still a Yahoo Chat? Frankly I thought it was dead a long long time ago.
     
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    Jalpari Notable Member

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    #9
    I hate yahoo chat and messenger, if i login to any chat room after 2, 3 min i got dc
     
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    #10
    i don't remember yahoo chat from a long time.i am even finished with yahoo messenger and use MSN now days
     
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    Yup :p exactly, bots chat with each other there ;)
     
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    gsv13 Well-Known Member

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    #12
    Yahoo chat ... it exists really ?? :p
     
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  13. usearchme

    usearchme Active Member

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    #13
    Hi guys

    Yes it still exists !

    Full of bots as people have said, also as a previous user has said you cant create your own chat room on there anymore, they also got some stupid captcha verification system, so when ever you move a room you have to put in a code shown on the screen, so it drives u mad after a while, just shows that yahoo dont have a clue how to deal with their bot problem !

    Woc
     
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    Dean_Saliba Notable Member

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    #14
    Yahoo chat is still alive but it is barely kicking these days.

    The bots forcef people away and then Yahoo bought in this CAPTCHA thing which drove more people away as they resented having to type in numbers and letters everytime they wanted to get into chat rooms.

    I use a program called YahELite to access the chat rooms.

    http://www.yahelite.org/deep/yahelite/
     
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    I thought the cpatcha was effective to control the bots. There are spammers still, bots or otherwise.
     
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    Dean_Saliba Notable Member

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    I don't mind the CAPTCHA as it only takes about a second to type the info in, not exactly a long time. But I have spoken to a lot of people in the chat rooms who hate having to do it all the time.
     
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    I think you can only chat through messenger now
     
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    #18
    yahoo chat is closed, I can't connect since last year.
     
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    Yahoo is little better now from previous one...:rolleyes:
     
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    #20
    It amazes me how many people like to chat through AIM. I'd say 80 % of people I've ran into much prefer that over yahoo or msn.
     
    placeboeffect, Feb 29, 2008 IP