Maybe there should be some sort of protocol among players at a table to use chat when ever a new player is seated at the table. I'm not sure how this could work, though. Say a new player sits down, and the current players ask for some generic chat information. If the new player doesn't respond, then it would be up to the existing players to safeguard themselves...which would be to leave the table or adjust to playing against a bot.

In a tournament, however, you are stuck where you are.

I'd like to hear exactly what the online poker sites are doing to protect their customers.

gl,
Mike.