Not to sound too antisocial, but the new chat feature on Facebook is driving me a bit wacky. Every time I'm on Facebook now, people are bugging me. Is there some way to turn it off?...

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Saw your note about Yahoo IM "spim" and I too have a couple of jerks who are sending me this junk. Can you tell me how to block them so I don't hear from them again? Thanks!...

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I got a request to have someone connect with me via Yahoo Messenger, and though I didn't recognize the email address, I said "yes". Next thing I know there's a message from them that's full of sequences like . What...

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I need to get a multi-user chat going for a project I'm involved with but we all dislike Yahoo and its IM client. I heard that Google just introduced group chat within gchat, a tool I do like. How can...

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Hey Dave - I recently got an iMac. And have signed up on the Yahoo Instant Messenger (YIM). How can I delete someone on my list?...

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I travel a lot and often find myself needing to chat with colleagues back at the office via instant message (usually MSN but sometimes Yahoo). Problem is, I really don't want everyone else in the café using the open wireless...

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I do not get any alerts (neither audio nor pop-up) when any of my friends login/logoff from Yahoo Messenger. Most of the time they appear online long after they have signed out, and i have to sign out and sign...

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I'm a big fan of MySpace and all my friends are too, but we really want to be able to talk real-time rather than just send email messages back and forth and post endless bulletins. I know Google has its...

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I have a few questions about Yahoo! messenger (YIM), since they don't supply customer support. When I add someone to my 'buddies' list, I have one of two scenarios to play out afterwards. 1) The other person logs online and...

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