Yahoo Changes Profiles
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 4:28 am
... and it appears that no one likes the change
http://www.ygroupsblog.com/blog/2008/10 ... -profiles/
October 17, 2008 at 6:31 pm
Yesterday Yahoo! profiles launched their new service, geared towards a more open and social Yahoo!. This new version of Yahoo! profiles has lots of great features that can help you stay connected with your friends and family. When you create a new Yahoo! profile page, you’ll be able to add photos, information about yourself and invite your friends to connect with you.
Your profile is all about you-your connections , your updates , your privacy settings , your life. We want to help you better connect with the people that matter to you in the easiest way possible, whether it’s sharing your recent updates or connecting with people from your address book- we’re here to help.
We realize that many Yahoo! Groups users and moderators previously used the profiles system to verify user’s age and contact details. With the new profiles system, once a user updates their profile you’ll only see the limited contact card (displaying the user’s name, location, age, gender and status message) unless you are a connection for that user, or the user has updated their permissions.
This means that until a user updates their profile information, you’ll see a blank contact card for that user. Each user will have to go in and update their profile in the new system, and decide whether or not they want their data to be viewable by all users. For more information on how to do this, visit the profiles news blog , or the profiles help pages .
Some of you have expressed your concern with being unable to verify whether or not a user is over 18. Don’t worry—this feature is built in to the Yahoo! system—any users under the age of 18 will not be able to get to a group that is marked as mature content that may not be appropriate for minors. This takes place whether or not a user has updated their profile, or whether or not you can view their profile. As a group owner, you don’t have to do anything to verify a user’s age.
Thanks for sticking with us while we make these updates to the profiles system. The new profile features a lot of changes that help make your profile on Yahoo! easier to use and manage, but we know there are some growing pains.
Thanks for your patience!
128 Comments »
(only posted the first few)
(only read a few more than this, but have not read a positive comment yet)
Rosie said,
October 17, 2008 @ 6:52 pm
The profiles are not working. Even with it filled out, all people are seeing is the Yahoo ID and nothing else.
Donna said,
October 17, 2008 @ 6:54 pm
I don’t like the fact that my last name would be available to my connections. That certainly doesn’t protect my privacy.
Jessi Galo said,
October 17, 2008 @ 7:09 pm
As a co-owner of a group you have made it very difficult! The least you can do especially since you gave no warning would be to take the information in people’s old profile and copy it to their new profile. As it stands I can’t accept no one into the group because I can’t view their information!
BC Don said,
October 17, 2008 @ 7:14 pm
About the New Profiles……. it might be fine for social networking, but since we are moderators for email lists and relying on pertinent info in the “old” profile form its useless to us. We might as well move to another mail list provider who has the same set-up but who are more consistent and reliable with mailing lists in mind.
Sorry folks !
frank said,
October 17, 2008 @ 7:18 pm
please go back to your old profiles as a group owner it has made it inpossable to check anyone out all i see is their username please go back to old you know what they say if it ain’t broke don’t fix it please please go back to old
TimF said,
October 17, 2008 @ 7:20 pm
I am so glad i’ve been migrating my many groups to a web-based forum for the last two years.
The coming year will be spent doing the same for those last few groups.
I cannot believe that you “listened” to ANY feedback on this before imposing it upon group owners.
This is customer service at its worst.
Bash93 said,
October 17, 2008 @ 7:23 pm
There was NOTHING wrong with the old Profiles…
Please put them back as they were !!!
If you intend to change things.. I think it would behoove you to consult MEMBERS first . Our privacy is important to us !!
This new system is in violation of all that we’ve expected of YAHOO… in protecting our privacy !
http://www.ygroupsblog.com/blog/2008/10 ... -profiles/
October 17, 2008 at 6:31 pm
Yesterday Yahoo! profiles launched their new service, geared towards a more open and social Yahoo!. This new version of Yahoo! profiles has lots of great features that can help you stay connected with your friends and family. When you create a new Yahoo! profile page, you’ll be able to add photos, information about yourself and invite your friends to connect with you.
Your profile is all about you-your connections , your updates , your privacy settings , your life. We want to help you better connect with the people that matter to you in the easiest way possible, whether it’s sharing your recent updates or connecting with people from your address book- we’re here to help.
We realize that many Yahoo! Groups users and moderators previously used the profiles system to verify user’s age and contact details. With the new profiles system, once a user updates their profile you’ll only see the limited contact card (displaying the user’s name, location, age, gender and status message) unless you are a connection for that user, or the user has updated their permissions.
This means that until a user updates their profile information, you’ll see a blank contact card for that user. Each user will have to go in and update their profile in the new system, and decide whether or not they want their data to be viewable by all users. For more information on how to do this, visit the profiles news blog , or the profiles help pages .
Some of you have expressed your concern with being unable to verify whether or not a user is over 18. Don’t worry—this feature is built in to the Yahoo! system—any users under the age of 18 will not be able to get to a group that is marked as mature content that may not be appropriate for minors. This takes place whether or not a user has updated their profile, or whether or not you can view their profile. As a group owner, you don’t have to do anything to verify a user’s age.
Thanks for sticking with us while we make these updates to the profiles system. The new profile features a lot of changes that help make your profile on Yahoo! easier to use and manage, but we know there are some growing pains.
Thanks for your patience!
128 Comments »
(only posted the first few)
(only read a few more than this, but have not read a positive comment yet)
Rosie said,
October 17, 2008 @ 6:52 pm
The profiles are not working. Even with it filled out, all people are seeing is the Yahoo ID and nothing else.
Donna said,
October 17, 2008 @ 6:54 pm
I don’t like the fact that my last name would be available to my connections. That certainly doesn’t protect my privacy.
Jessi Galo said,
October 17, 2008 @ 7:09 pm
As a co-owner of a group you have made it very difficult! The least you can do especially since you gave no warning would be to take the information in people’s old profile and copy it to their new profile. As it stands I can’t accept no one into the group because I can’t view their information!
BC Don said,
October 17, 2008 @ 7:14 pm
About the New Profiles……. it might be fine for social networking, but since we are moderators for email lists and relying on pertinent info in the “old” profile form its useless to us. We might as well move to another mail list provider who has the same set-up but who are more consistent and reliable with mailing lists in mind.
Sorry folks !
frank said,
October 17, 2008 @ 7:18 pm
please go back to your old profiles as a group owner it has made it inpossable to check anyone out all i see is their username please go back to old you know what they say if it ain’t broke don’t fix it please please go back to old
TimF said,
October 17, 2008 @ 7:20 pm
I am so glad i’ve been migrating my many groups to a web-based forum for the last two years.
The coming year will be spent doing the same for those last few groups.
I cannot believe that you “listened” to ANY feedback on this before imposing it upon group owners.
This is customer service at its worst.
Bash93 said,
October 17, 2008 @ 7:23 pm
There was NOTHING wrong with the old Profiles…
Please put them back as they were !!!
If you intend to change things.. I think it would behoove you to consult MEMBERS first . Our privacy is important to us !!
This new system is in violation of all that we’ve expected of YAHOO… in protecting our privacy !