petiton for yahoo chat booting?

Yahoo Chat Room Petition

Category: Entertainment & Media

Room: Romance XX’s and XX’s (Particularly Romance XX’s, Room X)

Target: CEO, Carol Bartz. Yahoo Inc.

701 First Ave., Sunnyvale CA. 94089

Subject: Booting, Term of Service & Code of Conduct, “with initial abuse report” (KMMxxxxxxxxxxxx)

Authors: Peter, Paul and Mary, on behalf of regular members of this room.

Started: 26th January 2011

We the undersigned are regular and frequent users of Yahoo Chat Services in the Category "Romance" and in the rooms listed as 50's and 60's, and particularly in the Romance, 50’s Room 9, a very popular room. Recently and over a period of time, we have been harassed, Intimidated, threatened, and bullied by a group of people who like to flaunt the Terms of Service and Code of Conduct as stated by Yahoo.

Yahoo TOS states Clause 6 You agree to not use the Yahoo! Services to:

- article a)

upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libellous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable

- article i)

disrupt the normal flow of dialogue, cause a screen to "scroll" faster than other users of the Yahoo! Services are able to type, or otherwise act in a manner that negatively affects other users' ability to engage in real time exchanges

Many of us regularly visit these chat rooms to play music, to relax, unwind, start or finish the day in peace and harmony. We are mature and responsible users of the Service and abide by all of the TOS.

Recently we have struggled to maintain harmony due to people booting. Boot programs are widely distributed and can easily be accessed. These programs have no other purpose than that of maliciously disruption.

Complaints via Yahoo's normal channels have brought about no real protection from the violators.

The Terms of Service and Code of Conduct need to be adhered to by both the User and the Provider. A lack of action by Yahoo in response to many reports of abuse has allowed the mindless few, to remain unrealized and free to continue their harassment and to negatively affect others.

These people work as a group. They appear organized and methodical.

Therefore: We the undersigned, ask that Yahoo adhere to its very own TOS and CoC and take all or any action necessary to bring these violators to a halt in their intimidating tactics. The users support Yahoo and its sponsors and should be afforded that same.