Yahoo! Closes User Created Chat Rooms

karvind writes "Chatmag News reports that Yahoo! has disabled all the User-created Chat rooms. According to Yahoo's chat log page:'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'. This may be true but Yahoo! is also facing a $10 million lawsuit that accuses it of cashing in on some disturbing chat rooms. The companies are paying huge fees for their ads to appear on Yahoo!. But many are now canceling those ads because of the report."

Comments

Big Whoop!

[Adrilla]

I never thought of Yahoo as the hot chat room spot. No matter how many Yahoo chats or Aol or whatever, the chat place to be will always be IRC, which they'll never shut down and probably always have the most freedom in terms of channels available and content within.

Re:Big Whoop!

[dnixon112]

You only had to read the headline to figure out that yahoo is NOT shutting down all the channels. This is not an assault on peoples rights, or an attempt to censor the internet. They're just not allowing users to create their own chat rooms anymore. Do you think the ops of any respected irc network would allow channels named #young_girls_for_older_guys?

Re:Glad to hear it

[NitsujTPU]

Dude, did you read the article (no), the news report covered chat rooms with the following titles:

• 9-17-Year-Olds Wantin' Sex
• Younger Girls 4 Older Guys
• Girls 13 And Under For Older Guys
• Girls 13 And Up For Much Older Man
• Girls 8 to 13 Watch Boys (In A Particular Sex Act)

Re:Distubring stuff in chat rooms?

[roseblood]

Of course, I have to do the photography for her creations.

Dude, get your models away from the backgrounds and use broad (large) lights instead of those small lights you use now.

Also, if you're shooting digital, you need to check your whitebalance.

To see how bad this is, check this link

Re:Did they support the offensive channels?

[Ugly American]

The story on the lawsuit is here.

Re:For those who don't RTFA

[Scoria]

For those of you that don't live in Houston, KPRC has less journalistic integrity than The Sun. They are notorious for their melodramatic rating stunts.