# Yahoo! appears to be getting worse...
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-appears-to-be-getting-worse/102512
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [April 8, 2002, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-appears-to-be-getting-worse/102512 "2002-04-08T16:32:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2002, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-appears-to-be-getting-worse/102512/1 "2002-04-08T16:32:10Z")
Yahoo! evidently had some problems with its email function during the past 12 months, I wouldn’t know becasue I don’t use their mail. Now whatever trouble they had seems to be spreading, many of the links from their main page don’t respond. Dammit, I want my radio @ Yahoo!
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### Author:  [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2002, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-appears-to-be-getting-worse/102512/2 "2002-04-08T16:35:36Z")
I use Yahoo! Maill and many other Yahoo! features all the time and I have very little difficulty with it.
The only problems I do encounter are in the chat rooms, where jerks using “booters” (cracking software) knock you out of the rooms or offline completely.
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### Author:  [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2002, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-appears-to-be-getting-worse/102512/3 "2002-04-08T16:36:00Z")
I use Yahoo! Mail and many other Yahoo! features all the time and I have very little difficulty with it.
The only problems I do encounter are in the chat rooms, where jerks using “booters” (cracking software) knock you out of the rooms or offline completely.
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### Author:  [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2002, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-appears-to-be-getting-worse/102512/4 "2002-04-08T16:38:06Z")
oops damn double post… sorry
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### Author:  [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2002, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-appears-to-be-getting-worse/102512/5 "2002-04-08T17:30:07Z")
Well, at least Yahoo! radio is back now. Much of the links on their main page remain broken.
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### Author:  [@kingtrw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingtrw)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2002, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-appears-to-be-getting-worse/102512/6 "2002-04-08T18:17:33Z")
I have a large problem with yahoo. Its that they’re asking you to pay to use thier email.
Now, this in iteself doesnt worry me. Its a good service, and what theyre asking isnt much, about 2£ a month or something like that. The problem is that they don’t accept my type of debit-card on thier pay-form. This is irritating as everyone I know knows my yahoo email address and I dont want to have to change it. (you have to pay to use the email redirect feature too).
Noo…please dont make me use hotmail…
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### Author:  [@Flymaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flymaster)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2002, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-appears-to-be-getting-worse/102512/7 "2002-04-08T20:21:20Z")
They don’t want you to pay to use webmail. Just POP3 and forwarding.