What do you think about Y!A cracking down on chat?

[The Origin of Species]

http://yanswersblog.com/index.php/archives/2009/08/24/chat-games-and-polls-revisited/

Do you think avatar games, chat, and odd polls have an adverse effect on the Quality of Yahoo! Answers?

Do chat and strange games played using the Y!A format take away from time spent on more serious questions?

And what do you think of Y!A's definition of chat?
"We also consider questions that call out other users by name to be chatting."
I don't know what I think about this. On one hand, the service provided to serious users could be diluted if Y!A didn't move to remove stupid questions, but on the other hand, people are choosing to ask and answer these questions.

And I can't help but think their definition of chat is a little strict. What if users want to address comments made by another user?

 

[Alice♥]

I don't think chat is bad. It makes yahoo answers more fun

 

[Kat]

I think it's great and hopefully more people will become aware and do their part in community moderation. The problem is that people who get in the habit of posting in such a manner don't sequester themselves in P&S. It spills into other categories (such as the countless "m i hawt?!" posts in the Beauty sections) and pushes valid questions down the list, making them less visible and likely to be answered.

I also hate how people abuse the additional comments section to call out answers they don't like. I almost always report those, especially when they are insulting a respondent who did not insult them first.

 

[Doodle]

I like yahoo answer's better