Is Yahoo closing all public chat rooms or user related rooms?

I have been chatting in yahoo rooms since they were web/java based…I have met a wide variety of great people through this network..yahoo has always been my choice when it comes to email..messenger..games..even used yahoo home page for years..but as sad as it may sound, if yahoo decides to pull the plug on chat , i will discontinue use of any yahoo product,web apps,i will also be changing email providers..they are making a big mistake..and they will see that in the long run..they will lose alot their loyal customers like myself.and they will see a huge decline in “premium’ account holders.people rely on these chat services more than these idiots realize obviously..yahoo chat is one of the original social networks for me, and many others.And the bots and Spam is no excuse,.to pull the plug.yahoo has the power, and know how,to hire the top notch developers and programmers to find and fix the bugs, spam,etc..create different logins protocols etc..they chose not to..in my opinion they are admitting defeat to the scammers booters and thugs..that is just my 2 cents..I am very disappointed, and upset to hear yahoo’s decision to close down chatrooms. Plain and simple they just aren’t making enough revenue off it.. SCREW YOU YAHOO, I WILL MISS YOU..:(

Hi Ayesha, According to the the latest announcement, all Yahoo! Messenger Public Chat Rooms will close down on December 14, 2012. You can find more details here. - http://help.yahoo.com/kb/index?page=content&y=PROD_MSNG&locale=en_US&id=SLN8407

Alternate of yahoo public chat rooms are described here http://www.thoughtandmemory.org/2012/12/alternate-of-yahoo-public-chat-rooms.html

Yes Yahoo is closing all thier chat rooms because of a law suit brought against them...but....There is a chat place called Digital Space Traveler that is monitored. It uses Avatars and they have close to 1000 rooms. You can make an avatar from a couple of list. Booters are useless in there and people have been trying for 10 years to try and find a booter that will work. Its the way the server is set up is why they absolutely wont work. And the owners will not tolerate harrassment by thugs. There is no spam whatsoever and its free. The only thing that cant be used is cams. What I do is leave my Yahoo Messenger up if in talking to someone and they want to see my cam (which I very seldom use). You can block someone just like you do in Yahoo and YOU CAN make private rooms so you and a group of friends want to chat privately. I used this for close to 10 years and its much better then Yahoo chat rooms. The chat rooms are pretty cool and its like you are floating in space. The program is 99% voice chat but you can send instant messages. Its not like Yahoo where you can see everything that someone types. Its very easy to use once you learn the controls. For example using the controls: To move through space or turn left or right you would use the arrow buttons on the bottom right of your keyboard. Or to use voice you would press the CTRL buttom while you talk. You can contact me a kd4qhg at yahoo dot com if you need anymore information.

They are closing the rooms because it is no longer a viable enterprise. Highly doubt Philippines had anything to do with it, way far fetched. Try paltalk search for yahoo rooms you will find lots of yahoo refugees there.

Yes, Its official. It will close by 14-Dec-2012