Well, Yahoo was all the rage back in the day; their chat rooms and messenger were the highlights of that era. Yahoo chat rooms were widely used by most of the online people. The free chat rooms from Yahoo were a place for people to interact with each other. But eh chat rooms came under fire in 2005 when illegal underaged sex-themed rooms were found and reported.

With that, advertisers pulled their ads from the platform, and later Yahoo shut down the service. 

At the time of closure, Yahoo said the feature was closing because it is adding no value to the users. Along with public chat rooms, Yahoo messenger chat and other features were closed shortly after that.

Many rooms were found in the chat rooms, like teen girls, sex chats, and more. So, they had to shut I down, and Yahoo said they would want to focus on creating something more meaningful.

People also asked these questions-

• Does Yahoo Messenger still have chat rooms?
  
• How can I recover my Yahoo Messenger chat?
  
• Are chat rooms still around?
  
• Is there anything like Yahoo Messenger?
  
• Why is Yahoo Messenger shutting down?
  
• Can you see old Yahoo Messenger conversations?
  
• Is Yahoo Messenger coming back?
  
• What is the new Yahoo Messenger?
  
• How do I find my old Yahoo Messenger contacts?