Anybody else miss the Yahoo chat rooms?

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They were always busy as hell, and you could take on two or three idiots at a time, it was chaos. It was fun. I miss it.

Anything like it elsewhere?

[MrScorpio]

1. I miss the Yahoo message boards

That's where I fought great battles against the forces of trolldom

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4. Yeah, those were cool too.

That chat just seemed so rapidfire. On the forums you could actually have a real back and forth, but the chat moved so damn fast, it was relentless. The political rooms. Can't remember the name of it, not that it matters now.

A real time free for all. ( I got no time for dashes lol)

[Shell Beau]

2. Never chatted there. DU was really my first chat experience, I guess.

[704wipes]

3. I miss the Prodigy chatrooms

it's where bart got his start...

www.bartcop.com

It was a fun place to beat up morans.

[Iggo]

5. Yahoo chat rooms is where I learned to type.

Never woulda passed the California Common Writing Final without them.

EDITED TO ADD: That's also what got me into the office from the warehouse. My mom (the Senior Typist Clerk) was right. Learn to type, son.

[orleans]

6. are they closed? what happened to them?

i never used them.

[LostInAnomie]

7. I really miss being able to comment on Yahoo News stories.

That was straight up bomb throwing at it's finest.

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10. You stil can if you go to the Buzz area and click on it there

At least as of a few days ago that's how I was commenting - lots LOTS of freepers on there though. Prolly still works.

[Quantess]

8. LOL... No, I don't miss the racist, sexist, horrible trolls.

Idiots constituted 80% of the atmosphere with an occasional voice of sanity here and there.

[slay]

9. IRC chat rooms have been and always will be

so many networks to choose from.. efnet, undernet, etc.. mIRC is a great free irc client to use too.. you always meet some.. interesting people.. :)

[TreasonousBastard]

11. Usenet's still around-- no moderators, either. n/t