Monthly Archives: October 2008

Request for Feedback: Modifying the Guideline Prohibiting the Use of Groups for Commercial or Advertising Purposes

We would like your input on potentially modifying or removing the Guideline prohibiting the use of Yahoo! Groups for commercial or advertising purposes . Our original goal in establishing the Guideline against commercial use was primarily to prevent spammers from … Continue reading

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Update: New Abandoned Groups Guideline

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 … Continue reading

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Calling all moderators: New Features Available to Test!

As shared in recent posts, the Yahoo! Groups team has been busy working to strengthen and improve the Groups site by building a new technology platform that will allow us to release features and fix bugs much faster than ever … Continue reading

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Request for Feedback: New Abandoned Groups Guideline

Abandoned Groups, or groups whose owner has gone inactive, have been an issue within the Groups community for some time. While it may seem as though this is a simple issue to address, it’s actually fairly complicated. There are several … Continue reading

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Responses to Profiles Comments

Rather than commenting in my previous post on this topic, I wanted to post follow up responses to some of your suggestions and concerns in a new post. First, I want to apologize about the lack of notice you all … Continue reading

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Changes to Yahoo! Profiles

Yesterday Yahoo! profiles launched their new service, geared towards a more open and social Yahoo!. This new version of Yahoo! profiles has lots of great features that can help you stay connected with your friends and family. When you create … Continue reading

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Profiles Update

We are aware of the questions and different issues some of you may be experiencing with your new profile; the Profiles Team will soon be posting an update that I’ll re-post here that should answer many of your questions. Thank … Continue reading

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Save your seat! Yahoo! Groups Town Hall in Sunnyvale

You do so much for your community. We’d like to give something back. Save your seat for the Yahoo! Groups Moderator Town Hall ———————— Join Yahoo! Groups for a special evening, just for moderators, where you can: – Hear the … Continue reading

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Transcript from Groups Workshop with Power Users

Last week we hosted a Yahoo! Groups Workshop for our Groups Power Users. Below is a link to the transcript of this Workshop so you too can benefit from reading the answers to the questions raised. Click here to read … Continue reading

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Groups Moderator Town Hall Events

Thanks to all of the moderators who came out to join us at our recent Groups Moderator Town Hall events in Chicago, IL and Portland, OR!! At these events, we give local moderators an opportunity to come together to meet … Continue reading

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