Important notice from head list representative: Yahoo! Groups transfer process for thousands of groups will impact various forums on Groups.IO #groupsio
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Hi all,
A few days ago Yahoo! Announced that they are shutting down Yahoo! Groups in December 2019. As a result, admins of many groups hosted there are migrating to Groups.IO. Hence, this process will impact various forums on Groups.IO.
Although it won’t affect many of us, I still think it is best to assist blind admins as they transfer to Groups.IO. Hence, as a former Yahoo! Groups owner myself, I would like to request that you help any blind group owner as they join Groups.IO (and for some, this forum cluster). Also, if you know of any members on Yahoo! Groups that deals with Windows 10 and screen readers, please do invite them to join us. Cheers, Joseph
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Laz
Hi Joseph,
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The referenced message I saw from Yahoo did not state that they were closing down the groups. It only stated that they would stop certain features of YahooGroups itself but that messages would still be able to be sent, etc. There was a knee jerk response to the subject of the message by those who panicked but if one read the actual message one would have understood that they were not announcing the closure of YahooGroups at all. whether they decide to close YahooGroups altogether in the future is not known at this time. Laz
On 10/20/19, Joseph Lee <joseph.lee22590@gmail.com> wrote:
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Immigrant
It is not panic. No, Yahoo Groups are not currently closing, but every new
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membership will require an invitation, there will be no archives, no files, and limited functionality for moderators. For all purposes, Yahoo Groups will be practically nonexistent. Even before the changes, many of us who moderated Yahoo groups had transferred groups to other servers because Yahoo Groups became inaccessible for blind moderators.
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From: win10@win10.groups.io [mailto:win10@win10.groups.io] On Behalf Of Laz Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2019 10:43 AM To: win10@win10.groups.io Subject: Re: [win10] Important notice from head list representative: Yahoo! Groups transfer process for thousands of groups will impact various forums on Groups.IO #GroupsIO Hi Joseph, The referenced message I saw from Yahoo did not state that they were closing down the groups. It only stated that they would stop certain features of YahooGroups itself but that messages would still be able to be sent, etc. There was a knee jerk response to the subject of the message by those who panicked but if one read the actual message one would have understood that they were not announcing the closure of YahooGroups at all. whether they decide to close YahooGroups altogether in the future is not known at this time. Laz On 10/20/19, Joseph Lee <joseph.lee22590@gmail.com> wrote: Hi all,Yahoo! Groups -- Affordably priced Accessible Talking MP3 Players, Accessible phones, Bluetooth devices, and accessories http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Email: laz@talkingmp3players.com Phone: 727-498-0121 Skype: lazmesa Personal Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/laz.mesa Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/Talkingmp3players?_rdr
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mattias <mjonsson1986@...>
and what have groups.io to do with yahoo?
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On 2019-10-21 06:55, Immigrant via Groups.Io wrote:
It is not panic. No, Yahoo Groups are not currently closing, but every new
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On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 04:21 AM, mattias wrote:
and what have groups.io to do with yahoo?Exactly what Joseph mentioned, it's reasonable to expect that a very great many group owners will be flocking to groups.io, and they'll be doing so very soon if their groups are actually active. The Yahoo Announcement is here: https://help.yahoo.com/kb/groups/SLN31010.html I don't think it gets any clearer that the service is being eliminated entirely than the statement, "Yahoo has made the decision to no longer allow users to upload content to the Yahoo Groups site. Beginning October 28 you won't be able to upload any more content to the site, and as of December 14 all previously posted content on the site will be permanently removed. You'll have until that date to save anything you've uploaded." -- Brian - Windows 10 Pro, 64-Bit, Version 1903, Build 18362
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A lot of groups are moving from yahoo to groups.io as it offers the same feature rich experience, and grate support stuff, unlike yahoo at the moment. I left them 20 years ago when they were going down hill, and frankly ever since VZ bought them they went down hill a lot faster. Sarah Alawami, owner of TFFP. . For more info go to our website. This is also our libsyn page as well. to subscribe to the feed click here Our telegram channel is also a good place for an announce only in regard to podcasts, contests, etc. Our discord is where you will know when we go live on youtube, twitch and mixer. Thanks Restream staff. Finally, to become a patron and help support the podcast go here
On 21 Oct 2019, at 1:20, mattias wrote:
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Immigrant
Many group moderators transfer their Yahoo groups to groups.io because of
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the changes on Yahoo Groups.
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From: win10@win10.groups.io [mailto:win10@win10.groups.io] On Behalf Of mattias Sent: Monday, October 21, 2019 4:21 AM To: win10@win10.groups.io Subject: Re: [win10] Important notice from head list representative: Yahoo! Groups transfer process for thousands of groups will impact various forums on Groups.IO #GroupsIO and what have groups.io to do with yahoo? On 2019-10-21 06:55, Immigrant via Groups.Io wrote: It is not panic. No, Yahoo Groups are not currently closing, but everyYahoo! Groups transfer process for thousands of groups will impact varioussent, etc.
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