[Regia-NA] Yahoo's at it again

[Martin Field]

Hi Linda
In answer to your question regards what groups are on Smartgroups - the
Hastings2000+ list is still active and in the two and a half years I have
been with them there have been no problems and they also feature a photo
gallery etc.
All the best
Martin.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda Rice" <vmaa2@cox.net>
To: <list-regia-na@lig.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 5:38 PM
Subject: RE: [Regia-NA] Yahoo's at it again


> Martin, I agree completely that Yahoo is not at all the best choice
> around. Unfortunately, they are about the most convenient in terms of
> features and user-friendliness for the majority of listees.  I own 5
> Yahoo lists, I'm on 33. So far I've had no problems at all with spam,
> inaccessibility, downtime or anything else. However, many of my
> listmembers DO have some or all of these problems. I'm sure that most of
> the problems are user-oriented, (such as incorrect settings), but it's
> still frustrating to me not to be able to solve members problems without
> sitting down at their machine and figuring it out the hard way.
>
> I would love it if somebody would challenge Yahoo's near monopoly on
> group list sites. Yes, I'm aware that there are other places available,
> but I don't see people really using them. Smartgroups is supposed to be
> pretty good, has anyone used their services for a long enough period of
> time to know if it's really good or not? The same with CommunityZero.
> I've /heard/ good things, but I don't know for sure because none of the
> 40-odd lists that I belong to are hosted by either of these services. To
> me, the big question is "Why not?".
>
> I'm grateful that this list isn't a Yahoo list. I have no idea who hosts
> it or where, but they're doing a terrific job! Thanks!
>
> Pax,
>
> Linda
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: list-regia-na-admin@lig.net [mailto:list-regia-na-admin@lig.net]
> On Behalf Of Martin Field
> Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 1:55 PM
> To: list-regia-na@lig.net
> Subject: Re: [Regia-NA] Yahoo's at it again
>
> When the Ontario members set up their Yahoo group list I initially
> refused
> to join as there were a few security, privacy and copyright issues that
> needed to be settled.
> Upon our group leader investigating it appeared at the time that one of
> the
> concerns - that of Yahoo owning everything you post was no longer
> practised,
> perhaps at the intervention of some consumer advocate group - who knows.
> At the same time I was having these concerns about Yahoo's integrity the
> moderator of the New York Carver medieval news list announced that due
> to so
> many complaints he was removing the list from Yahoo and seeking an
> alternate
> provider much to everyone's support.
> Within a few days of this I also learnt that the moderator of the
> English
> Comanions was also intending to remove the group list from Yahoo based
> on
> difficulties in accessing Yahoo - and this guy teaches computer/website
> related subjects.This came to my knowledge only after I had expressed
> frustration on accessing Yahoo.
> It appears I was far from the only one experiencing these difficulties.
> The
> moderator also expressed serious concerns at the time regarding
> copyright of
> submitted material and of confidentiality.
> I have never been at ease with Yahoo and wondered if anyone else shares
> these concerns and if there is indeed a better alternative.
> All the best
> Martin.
>
>
>
>
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