Looking to move from YIM and see about other chat/trade forums, with similar features. Any suggestions? Prefer not have to give a CC number, a la AOL. Thanks!

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Earl

I made the move from YIM to Skype and love it.

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tox is the best, totally secure and encrypted.

Link to tox?

There's also a plugin for most browsers called cryptocat https://crypto.cat/ that allows for chat rooms and is supposedly encrypted, at least between you and the server. Or if you do a direct chat between you and the other person. Been a bit since I looked at it, but it looked like a good alternative to Skype/Yahoo etc who spy on you.

Paltalk is similar to yahoo.

It has a messenger and chat rooms, with no bots like yahoo had. You are able to use the chat rooms and features for free but if you want to view cams in chat room then you need a subscription account. You can view cams in private chat for free.