Just chucking all my replies into one long post for sending to several
relevant groups as well as SkunkworksAMA seeing imo it'd nicely sum up most
points and issues that have been raised/covered about the place...
> There are three reasons why yahoo closes groups.
The most plausible reasons that is - assuming that they're actually being
rational in the first place. You can't underestimate human stupidity
really... ;P
> 1) the group contains adult material and is not located in an adult
> section of yahoogroups.
>
> 2) materials being posted over the group are illegal or are copyrighted
>
> 3) someone complains too many times about the group.
4) too much file traffic within a group. Presumably those that keep on going
over the group/message archive limits with posting/viewing, this being aimed
more at the warez groups out there and the like that deal with high file
transfer turnovers.
> When a user registers for a Yahoo! ID, they included a birth date. If
> this birth date is less than 18 years of age, they can not access the
> adult areas of Yahoo!. Thank you again for contacting Yahoo! Customer
> Care.
This quoted from one of the automated responses from yahoo someone posted
earlier, shows that underage members aren't possible. Though if someone
lists their age publicly as being under 18, either from being stupid or just
forgetting to update it after a birthday, it's still possible for someone
who doesn't know that to complain and probably get taken the wrong way...
> Furs, if you want this to stop, then all of you out there are going
> to have to email or telephone Yahoo and demand some hard answers.
Some furs have, only to most commonly get no reply, some standardised
automated response or stuck in a loop with the telephone system. The one or
two that seem to have gotten through, or managed to get info from people
they know who work there, have mentioned saying either something like of the
above possible reasons, or that they don't reall know what's happening
themselves either.
> It's that simple. We're not asking for a million bucks, we're not
> asking for anybody to kiss our butts, we just want some common
> courtesy like Yahoo demands so much of from us (Works both ways,
> dipsticks).
We hafta remember that they provide it all for free to us too - so what do
you expect? ;P As they say, there's no such thing as a free lunch y'know...
Heck - personally, I'd prefer yahoo over microsoft any day - and look how
they treat paying customers...
> Now if you look back at the DesireeLee group you can see that it was
> in an adult area of yahoogroups and there was no illegal material
> nor copyrighted material being posted without the permission of the
> creator. Therefore it had to be the third reason which was that
> someone contacted yahoogroups and complained about the group.
Illegal material - technically yes there was, seeing the characters within
were trademarked.
> Yes, that means that Furries might have to pay for
> something they like for a change. I know that makes a
> lot of you cringe, but the paltry sum of $2-$5 (or
> more from everyone (to start) and then $2 a month to
> keep it going.
I think that the main problem there for furs would be *how* to pay -
remember, not everyone has or wants to get a credit card at all or want to
give out their #, that sort of thing. In other words, not 'won't pay' but
'can't pay'.
- MegaBrain
http://www.megabrain.tk
http://www.livejournal.com/~m3gabrain
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"Whatever you do, never underestimate the
fury of the ferret. You will understand... too late... "
Received on Sun Nov 03 2002 - 00:27:27 CST