Do it Yourself: Re: [DIY] File

02 January 2020

Re: [DIY] File - Group Reminder

Verizon, who now owns Yahoo, decided to significantly cut down on what services they'll offer to Yahoo groups. This included uploading pictures and files and various storage

sections of the groups. This motivated many groups to either shut down or move over to Google OR join/create a Facebook group.

I'm either a member, owner/co-owner of nearly a dozen Yahoo groups and most of them aren't nearly as active as they used to be only 4-5 years ago. I don't think it's a reflection

of the quality/quantity of membership, it's that more people moved off of Yahoo groups.

Personally, I think this is probably just phase one of a gradual phase-out of Yahoo groups. Verizon doesn't make any money off of it and has no real incentive to keep

it running. I think they're hoping that this first phase will get a lot of people off Yahoo so they'll either go to a paid subscription service or just close it down completely in a couple of years.

-aki

On Thu, Jan 2, 2020 at 5:29 AM Joyce O theoldhen@gmail.com [DoIt_Yourself] <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

I dont understand why this group is still active when others have been shut down. The emails I received because of my other two yahoo groups gave notice that all yahoo groups were being eliminated.
Better keep this one secret lol

Joyce aka Mom aka Joycie

On Wed, Jan 1, 2020 at 5:23 PM 'adamme1958 .' 01dyna@gmail.com [DoIt_Yourself] <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Indeed it is! Just going through a quiet spell.

From: doit_yourself@yahoogroups.com on behalf of Joyce O theoldhen@gmail.com [DoIt_Yourself] <doit_yourself@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 1, 2020 5:24 AM
To: DoIt_Yourself
Subject: Re: [DIY] File - Group Reminder

Is this group still active?

Joyce aka Mom aka Joycie

On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 9:44 PM <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups..com> wrote:

This is a monthly reminder of the rules and charter under which this group
operates and its members participate.

1. Commentaries on Religion, Politics, Race, Gender or Sexual
preferences and the use of Profanity have no place on this list and
can and will almost certainly result in the offenders banishment.

2. Otherwise you are pretty much free to say what you think, but please
"Think before you Speak" and we must refrain from inflammatory comments
no matter how tempted we might be. If you must respond in some
otherwise inappropriate manner, we have no control over what goes on
off-line.

3. CIVIL disagreement however is allowed and even encouraged in cases
where the advice given or the expressed intended actions of a member
may result in extensive damage to personnel or property.
But Please keep it CIVIL.