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Friday, November 1, 2019

Evolution of Yahoo Groups

Dear Group Moderators and Members,

Thank you for your commitment to Yahoo and for helping us define the power of digital communities. Eighteen years ago, we combined the functionality of a site called eGroups.com with a precursor community platform called Yahoo Clubs to launch Yahoo Groups. Since then, you and millions of others have helped prove our hypothesis, by creating and joining more than 10 Million groups.

A lot has changed about the Internet since 2001, including the ways most people now use Yahoo Groups. Today, most Yahoo Groups activity happens in your email inbox, not on the bulletin boards where Yahoo Groups started in the pre-smartphone age. Increasingly, people want content and connections coming directly to them, and this is why we continue to invest in Yahoo Mail -- including the recent launch of a new Yahoo Mail app that is currently the highest-rated email app in the App Store and Google Play.

So, as our users' habits have evolved, we have begun the process of evolving our approach to help active Yahoo Groups thrive and migrate to our email platform. To help you plan for these changes, below is the schedule of how this transition will happen.

Beginning October 28, 2019:

Users will be able to join a Yahoo Group only through an invite from the Group Moderator or by submitting a request to join a Group, which requires approval by the Group Moderator.
Since we are moving Group communication from posting on message boards to email distribution, uploading and hosting of new content will also be disabled on the Yahoo Groups website.

Beginning December 14, 2019:

All Groups will be made private and any content that was previously uploaded via the website will be removed. We believe privacy is critical and made this decision to better align with our overall principles.
If you would like to keep any of the content you've posted or stored in the past within your Yahoo Group, please download it by December 14 by accessing this link.

As these dates get closer, we will send follow-up reminders. More information about the upcoming changes can be found here.

While this evolution of Yahoo Groups is inspired by how we see the platform being used today, we know change can be difficult. Here are a few important facts as we make this transition:

1. Yahoo Groups is not going away - We know that our users are deeply passionate about connecting around shared interests, and we are evolving Groups to better align with how you use it today.

2. New groups can still be formed - Users can continue to connect with others around their common bonds and interests. From animal rescues to sporting and activity groups, civic organizations to local PTAs, members of our Yahoo Groups will remain connected and able to share their activities and interests. All of the content that you have shared previously on the website, can continue to be shared via email.

We know that Yahoo Groups is an important online extension of your real-life group of friends, interests and communities, and we are committed to supporting communities that rely on Yahoo Groups. Thanks for coming along with us this far. We look forward to seeing where the technology -- and you -- take us in the decades to come.

Sincerely,
The Groups Team

Monday, April 14, 2008

[MLM Survivors Club] 2nd Test - Again, please ignore

Thanks for your patience.

PW

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[MLM Survivors Club] Test Message - Please Ignore

This is just a test. Please ignore or discard.

Thanks.

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Sunday, April 13, 2008

[MLM Survivors Club] Vemma

It is a MLM. Enough said?
Also Jack Weinzierl is a major player. He of Advantage Conferences fame.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Frank Thomas
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Saturday, April 12, 2008

Re: [MLM Survivors Club] Thoughts on Yuwie?

On Thursday 10 April 2008, Vicki wrote:
> Is anyone here using Yuwie? Any info on it as far as whether it
> actually falls under the scam/MLM/Pyramid scheme family?

I should add something nobody has mentioned yet: I've gotten a number of
pieces of spam advertising Yuwie. I can't remember if it's just
run-of-the-mill spam or spam sent specifically to this group (which
gets a lot of spam because of the letters MLM in the group name).

Hal

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[MLM Survivors Club] Re: Thoughts on Yuwie?

I don't post much here, but this really made me have to say something.

While it may not be an MLM, it can't be a good organization if they're
using a proxy server.
[all MLMs are bad companies but not all bad companies are MLMs]

And I would have to be tortured into typing my SS# into a website.

Really. This may be legit, but as someone who deals with lots of
malware and keeps up on internet security issues, I have to ask -

why would ANYONE supply an SS# on the internet?

Their payrates have to be really really low.

I have belonged to a site called MyPoints for years. I earn points
for clicking on links they email me, which can be redeemed for gift
cards etc. I have never had to give them my SS#. And it takes months
and months to earn enough points for a $25 gas card. I have a
dedicated email addy for their mail to isolate partner spam.

Anyhow, Yuwie seems like a marketing site, not a social networking
site. Merchants will be paying for access to members. Now, it's the
same thing they do over at MyPoints, but there, they are up front
about what you are signing up for.

Please please don't download any software from them. I'm pretty
certain it would be spyware.

And good luck.

--- In mlmsurvivorsclub@yahoogroups.com, "Vicki" <v_eller@...> wrote:
>
> Is anyone here using Yuwie? Any info on it as far as whether it
> actually falls under the scam/MLM/Pyramid scheme family?
>
> I just signed up for this yesterday. It's marketed as social
> networking with a twist. And described as soing what you do on
> Myspace, but getting paid for it.
>
> I really can't find the problem with this, considering that it's
> free and there is nothing that you are obligated to buy. Of course
> I don't expect to get rich off of it or anything... but I can't find
> the harm in it.
>
> I've googled Yuwie+Scam, along with a few other variations. Still
> found nothing really bad...
>
> If you are not familiar with it, here's my link. You can check it
> out there. http://r.yuwie.com/mattsmamacita
>
> There are a lot of ads that you have to wade through... and some
> certain amount of spam... but nothing that costs you money if you
> don't mind spending the time to skip those things.
>
> I have seen some blogs refer to it as a MLM or Pyrimid Scheme... so
> that makes me a little nervous.
>
> Thoughts? Insights? Comments?
>
> (My apologies if this sounds like a "sales pitch". It's not. This
> is just one of the first places I check with if I am uncertain of
> the validity of something.)
>

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Friday, April 11, 2008

[MLM Survivors Club] Attention: PW or Moderator: Re: Thoughts on Yuwie?

> I've only been on for like two days and
> spent nothing and gave no info, but I
> already feel duped... mainly because when
> it still sounded good, I emailed it to my
> friends.
>
> Ick. ick... ick.

Yep, that's how it feels.

Glad you lost nothing in it.

PW

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