Woah, dude, don't bite. It's the only theory I had and I wasn't really being
vociforous. It was honestly all I could think of and I was completely
ignorant of what you've mentioned here. I didn't mean to ruffle feathers.
Tashta
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason Leisemann" <jkwleisemann_at_yahoo.com>
To: <SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 9:37 AM
Subject: Re: [SkunkworksAMA] What the hell?
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> --- Tashta <Tashta_at_comcast.net> wrote:
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> > Um, it might have been that on your intro page you
> > had x rated art. That's a
> > no no because a minor could type up the name and see
> > that. You need to be
> > more discreet with the intro and such and you need
> > to have folks sign up
> > with an age statement. Did you do that? I checked it
> > early this morning and
> > was rather surprised by the image that was
> > displayed.
>
> These are two theories of group management that *do
> not hold water.*
>
> I have groups that don't monitor ages, I have groups
> with adult front-page pics, and they haven't been
> touched. The theory, that it's because a search can
> display adult pics, doesn't hold if the group is
> really where it's supposed to be.
>
> Furthermore, while Yahoo hasn't said anything about
> the adult pics, they *have* said, *repeatedly*, that
> ages in profiles don't mean *anything* to them. It's
> just that everybody else thinks it does because of
> what I like to call the Goering principle - a big bold
> lie, repeated often enough, becomes indistinguishable
> from the truth.
>
> Especially when people don't realize it's a lie.
>
> More likely is that somebody griped about the group,
> to be honest. That's all it takes - one person
> complaining enough will make Yahoo automatically
> delete the group. No human involvement - the server
> just wipes it out.
>
> If somebody sends them a C&D about copyrighted
> characters or art on the group, that's even faster
> (though I don't know if this applies to the group in
> question).
>
> It's also possible (albeit less likely) that the group
> wasn't deleted, but was the victim of a server glitch.
> Yahoo has "burped" groups before - they disappear for
> a few hours, even days, then come back.
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> Yahoo! Groups Links
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Received on Fri Jun 10 2005 - 22:48:45 CDT