Is anyone else annoyed by people who use this site as a chat room?

As I seem to recall, what you mention is the very first of the DON'Ts in the community guidelines. To quote:

[DON'T] ...violate the question and answer format. If you prefer to have discussions or chat with others, please use one of Yahoo!'s other community services...

And while I agree with you that it tends to be annoying, on the scale of annoyances around here I wouldn't rate it too high. Personally, I find hate speech and obvious intentional efforts by some people to antagonize others to be far more upsetting. But that's me.

Maybe it would help to think of it as a growth experience. ( :

It all depends on what part of the site you go to. On economics, I have very little chit-chat, on polls and surveys, the whole point is generally for people to be witty, funny etc, and some chatting is to be expected.

In Philosophy, I generally don't expect to see question re chatting. But here I am answering it anyway. Go figure.

This place can be pretty well what you want it to be.

Peace

Instead of looking for questions in the general area, pinpoint your search more. It is a social networking site, but there are worthwhile questions, and try Wikianswers, from Wikipedia.

I view yahoo answers as a communication process and sometimes it may take a few questions and a debate or two to find the answer you are looking for.

you can't define a forum, it is what it is.

Um no. If you say someone had given the totally, obvious wrong answer, would you not say somthing. if you had tried somthing i the past and it didnt work and someone else was recommending it would you not put in your input.

That is the whole point of askin a question, to get a satisfactory answer. Cheer up ;>)

If that's the worst thing you have on your mind, you're doing very well indeed. We all look to you for the secrets of your successful, happy life.

Your point certainly puts MY problems into proper perspective.

Is anyone else annoyed that this question has nothing to do with this category?

Philo (love of) sophy (wisdom). Exactly how this contributed to our love of wisdom only KRZYTRU must know.

i think your being a nosey body if you ask me ;just move on to the next question if it annoys you so much .