[peel] Yahoo Groups is a Norwegian Blue

[john guthrie]

i think it's debatable as to how long yahhogroups will exist in a new
extremely neutered sense.

most groups i belong to are opting for groups.io. from what i've seen, and
i apologize if i am repeating things already known, with groups.io we can
start a new group for free (as long as content size remains under 1GB), or
we can get a premium group for $110/year, which will allow us to transfer
everything, including members, as long as one of the yahoo group admins
sends an invite to a specific groups.io email, and then gives it moderator
access. the premium fee need only be paid the first year for the transfer
if that's all we need it for.

happy to help set this up, but i don't know who our admins and moderators
are for the current yahoo group

john


On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 12:47 PM RobF robfleay@... [peel] <
peel@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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>
> It's not 100% clear - it says:
>
> Here’s Yahoo’s list of what it will remove:
>
>    - Files
>    - Polls
>    - Links
>    - Photos
>    - Folders
>    - Calendar
>    - Database
>    - Attachments
>    - Conversations
>    - Email Updates
>    - Message Digest
>    - Message History
>
> I know we have had a few bits and pieces in the Files section, but the
> rest is unused apart from the archive of the mail conversations - which has
> been quite useful when going back to try and remember what was said about
> some obscure thing or other in 2007!
>
> But yes for now it looks like the email functionality will continue
>
> Question is whether people want to move to a web-based platform, There are
> the Reddit groups, plus several Facebook groups, but I suspect a lot of us
> are happy to just stay as we are. Setting up our own ListServ should be
> fairly straightforward - I'll do some digging
>
> On Thu, 17 Oct 2019 at 17:16, Dr Mango dr_mango2004@... [peel] <
> peel@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>> The article says:
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>> "Once the old content is deleted, all you’ll be able to do on Yahoo
>> Groups is browse the groups directory, request to be invited to one, and,
>> if you’re in a group, email that group."
>>
>> Doesn't this suggest that we can continue as we have been doing, sending
>> emails to the group? Apart from the occasional upload to the files section,
>> this group doesn't use the other functionality that it would appear is
>> being withdrawn.
>>
>> DM
>> On Thursday, 17 October 2019, 15:47:15 BST, webbiewebbster@...
>> [peel] <peel@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>> Going to have to find a new home for these messages, this is an ex-parrot
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>> https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/16/20917710/yahoo-groups-deleting-all-content-upload-message-boards-email-communities
>> <https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/16/20917710/yahoo-groups-deleting-all-content-upload-message-boards-email-communities?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=entry&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter>
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