Okay, this has gotten beyond one of those little life annoyances and has escalated to almost soap box pet peeve status. I can not figure out how in the world to turn off the ability for people to try and buddy list me in Yahoo Messenger chat. I’ve hidden my status, I’ve blocked anyone not on my friends list already, or only allowed those in my address book. Nothing seems to do the trick. I still get about five notifications a day that someone “has requested to add you to their online list.”
STOP IT!
If anyone has a solution for exactly how I can configure my settings and preferences in Yahoo Mail!, Yahoo Messenger, or my Yahoo account as a whole to no longer accept or see these requests, please, please, please leave me a comment and let me know.