Originally Posted by Matt 26z

Yahoo chat is a great case study in how quickly porn affiliates (the bottom feeder types) can destroy an online service. It seems Yahoo just sat there and let it happen.

These spam bot guys need to be held liable for the damage caused to Yahoo. We're talking years and years worth of ad revenues that are now pretty much gone. Somebody needs to pay, and not just 1/10th of what they made. Everything they own.