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pixelpyro · 24-09-2003, 02:24

Microsoft are closing thier chatrooms

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/030924/325/e997p.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3133192.stm

PP

Mr Fred · 24-09-2003, 04:01

damn

now, where else could i go and spout shite all day

sleepingfish · 24-09-2003, 04:48

Hotmail's still shite tho, one thing at a time I guess

SagaLout · 24-09-2003, 07:00

This story has made me mad all morning! Right, Microsoft get kids interested in chatrooms and make it all easy and straight forward for kids to get into them, but dont want the costs of moderating them. They get some bad publicity so shut down the least profitable ones (dont think for one minute they give a fuck about the moral obligations)

Now, what are all the UK kids going to do now? They like chatting and its been taken away from them. Will they a)say "thats a shame, never mind I'll go and read a book or do my homework" or b)Gotta find me another chat room. My moneys on b) (I have 2 kids). Now, because of all the lazy reporting of this (Carol vorderman was on GMTV this mornign saying that MSN was the only free chat room ffs) , parents will think that the chat room problem has been solved and little johnny can safely left to his own devices on the PC.

What Microsoft should have done, is coughed up some money and paid to have their chat rooms moderated, as they are going to do in the good old us of a. But no. They're leaving all other kids and their parents stranded to work out the problem by themselves after being largely responsible for taking it the mainstream.

Mr Fred · 24-09-2003, 07:12

hear hear

sleepingfish · 24-09-2003, 07:19

They should get Mr Posters in to moderate

Bill Posters · 24-09-2003, 07:21

I can't. Not since the restraining order.

roto · 24-09-2003, 08:22

Wait, I never visited them. Were microsoft's chatrooms as good as DT's forum(s)?

oli · 24-09-2003, 09:08

even better

greenfruit · 24-09-2003, 13:43

theyve only disabled the free ones as they want to charge, the whole paedophile thing is just spin.

dixon · 24-09-2003, 15:41

very good point sagalout
i strongly agree.
but i dont think kids are really awear of the dangers that it can actually happen to them.
i've met people from the internet before but have ALWAYS been cautious.

Mr Fred · 24-09-2003, 15:55

swinging parties eh? Dixon

oli · 24-09-2003, 16:21

Did anything un toward happen when you met stickman ?

dan · 24-09-2003, 16:37

Ginger?

Stickman · 24-09-2003, 17:17

Fools.

You're only jealous.

24-09-2003, 02:24	#1 (permalink)
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greenfruit sflwa.com Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Southsea Posts: 511	theyve only disabled the free ones as they want to charge, the whole paedophile thing is just spin. __________________ [OAP] somefool

24-09-2003, 15:41	#11 (permalink)
dixon Custom User Title Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Brighton Posts: 589	very good point sagalout i strongly agree. but i dont think kids are really awear of the dangers that it can actually happen to them. i've met people from the internet before but have ALWAYS been cautious. __________________ Dixon

24-09-2003, 04:01	#2 (permalink)
Mr Fred Magazines™ Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Glasgow.. Posts: 11,354	damn now, where else could i go and spout shite all day

24-09-2003, 04:48	#3 (permalink)
sleepingfish css is for divs Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Norwich Posts: 4,469	Hotmail's still shite tho, one thing at a time I guess

24-09-2003, 07:00	#4 (permalink)
SagaLout Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 142	This story has made me mad all morning! Right, Microsoft get kids interested in chatrooms and make it all easy and straight forward for kids to get into them, but dont want the costs of moderating them. They get some bad publicity so shut down the least profitable ones (dont think for one minute they give a fuck about the moral obligations) Now, what are all the UK kids going to do now? They like chatting and its been taken away from them. Will they a)say "thats a shame, never mind I'll go and read a book or do my homework" or b)Gotta find me another chat room. My moneys on b) (I have 2 kids). Now, because of all the lazy reporting of this (Carol vorderman was on GMTV this mornign saying that MSN was the only free chat room ffs) , parents will think that the chat room problem has been solved and little johnny can safely left to his own devices on the PC. What Microsoft should have done, is coughed up some money and paid to have their chat rooms moderated, as they are going to do in the good old us of a. But no. They're leaving all other kids and their parents stranded to work out the problem by themselves after being largely responsible for taking it the mainstream.

24-09-2003, 07:12	#5 (permalink)
Mr Fred Magazines™ Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Glasgow.. Posts: 11,354	hear hear

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sleepingfish css is for divs Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Norwich Posts: 4,469	They should get Mr Posters in to moderate

24-09-2003, 07:21	#7 (permalink)
Bill Posters trouble free and loverlee Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: YooKay Posts: 2,934	I can't. Not since the restraining order.

24-09-2003, 15:55	#12 (permalink)
Mr Fred Magazines™ Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Glasgow.. Posts: 11,354	swinging parties eh? Dixon

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oli I Call Shenanigans™ Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Manchester, England. Posts: 9,745	Did anything un toward happen when you met stickman ? __________________ Linked In :: Last.fm :: Twitter ..................

24-09-2003, 16:37	#14 (permalink)
dan Iris Folder Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: smokey Posts: 2,643	Ginger?

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Stickman Dr. Lucien Sanchez Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: UK Posts: 5,527	Fools. You're only jealous.

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