Big thanks to everyone for posting all of the great input and suggestions on the new Abandoned Groups Guideline we’re developing.
Next steps are for us to continue making our way through all of the comments you left and incorporating our thoughts, then drafting the post. Once we have the internal sign-off, we’ll share the new Guideline with all of you.
Thanks again for sharing your thoughts on how best to resolve this on-going issue!
Best,
Yahoo! Groups Team
I agree this is an issue that needs resolution.
I might even be willing to join/suggest some protocols about tackling the issue.
It is not that hard. Say if several (A proportion/minimum number) of current members agree to an additional owner being appointed with all rights apart from deletion, that should be fine. I also suggest the abandoned owner should have right to make representations later, but not to delete without Yahoo moving whole group to new site.
It is not “rocket science” but it might be good for business because many,many people must have their first experience with Yahoo via Groups. I think Yahoo Groups are terrific and host a few but this would make them even better and would repair the bad image I have of Yahoo for not resolving this issue, for so long.
This is very much a live issue for many of us (me included, on behalf of a non-profit group whose group has been abandoned by its owner).
Will the policy be coming soon?
Is there anything we can do, for example by having our new president or web master apply to Yahoo management to install a new owner?
Please provide guidance. Thank you.
Is this a dead issue? Its been over a year and no updates. What’s going on?
Any update? Its been just about 1 year or has this been Abandoned also???
It appears that the long-running ‘Request For Feedback’ blog about abandoned groups is finished. I can’t find it anymore. The last letter posted was from Walter H., perhaps two weeks ago.
Hello, Tommy. That blog ran from last year October 21st until last week. Long time, eh? Well, I don’t know what Yahoo! is planning for the abandoned groups, but it appears that Yahoo! won’t let us help out…even with limited controls. I volunteered to make a head start, but Melissa Daniels never read back the details. Hmmmmmm…..
Thanks from Ralph!
Well here it is July 30th and there are still no abandoned group guidelines.
Whays up with that?
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Any update on this update?
When can we expect this to completed?
I’m also in that situation – one group I’m in has been abandoned by the owner and is being overrun with pornographic spam. Sometimes even the TITLES are too disgusting for words. Several of us have sent notes the group owner e-mail addy, and have gotten no response. We’ve tried reporting to the Yahoo Abuse folks, but they tell us to contact the group owner – when told that the group owner has vanished, they say they’ll look into it, but this has been about 6 months in coming with NO assistance. This pus pocket is posting from g-mail so we’ve also contacted them – nothing from g-mail either. When is this procedure going to be put into place so we can save an otherwise good group?
Thanks
Viv
Well, here it is Dec 3rd and we’ve seen nothing on dealing with abandoned groups since Oct 28th. Our group owner passed away more than a year ago without leaving a moderator in place and although we can prove his demise we still have no means of managing the group and moderating the spam. If Yahoo! moves this slowly on the interweb they are likely to get run over by the more adept and adaptive providers out there. I think a valuable lesson can be learned from GM’s impending demise. Move it or loose it!
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What I can get about share the new Guideline ?
In the mean time, could you let your customer care people know that Yahoo! is (or will be) changing the way that you are handling abandoned group adoption requests?
I know from posts that I’ve read, that some groups have already been adopted – but there still are other posts where they say that they requested to adopt, but were told that Yahoo! won’t do that and for them to start their own (different) group.
Hey, the sooner you get started, the sooner you’ll get this abandoned group mess cleared up.
Yahoo site call Pharmacy lsland been in acgtive as moderator/owner gone awol for nearly 2 years. Was a great site at one time!
Same for Pharmacy Tech Talk owner Joy gone awol for over 5 years. We all get spam. I stay joined to these two sites just so that I can direct newbies to other active yahoo sites. But I am so tired of spam and the newbies are about 4 times a year! PLEASE get rid of these two sites.
Jeanetta Mastron
yahoo group owner of Jeanetta’s PTCB Study Group
As to guideline #6, perhaps it would make sense to prohibit advertising that is not done by a member. so a member could mention his or her new book, give you a link to the book’s new cover, and estimated print date, etc.
Any non-member could not post any advertising.
Joann