Yahoo nuking groups (Re: Large HP slash groups MIA on Yahoogroups?)

[Kelley]

Dina wrote:
> Huh, I think Glassesreflect, one of the largest HP slash groups, 
> was nuked by Yahoogroups. :-(  It's been around for 2-3 years.  
> I know harry_potter_slash was another recent MIA but I also 
> heard the list-owner lost her entire account.  Snapeslash was 
> among the earlier 'victims'.
> 
> Bummer, y'know, I really don't care for LiveJournal format** 
> but Yahoogroups really isn't helpful when they decide to nuke 
> groups. 

Hm; did the owners of those groups say straight out that the 
groups were deleted by Yah and they had no idea why?  The times 
I know of Yah deleting a group with no word to the owner were 
because they'd gotten a complaint from a user (legitimate or not: 
complaint = deleted group).  They used to react in basically a 
'shoot first, ask questions later' kind of way, and may still do 
this primarily for all I know, but they *have* been taking the 
wonderful new stance of taking input from their users (members, 
mods, owners), listening to us more, giving more weight to 
feedback, etc., in the last several months.

[I should add, the complaints were typically that the group was 
posting 'inappropriate' stuff and was not categorized as an 
'adult' group, and/or the group was doing something against Yah's 
TOS & Guidelines, not just of the 'they're being mean to me' 
variety. <g>]

Anyway, if these owners feel their groups were deleted in error, 
they should email Yah about it, and keep at them until they get a 
satisfactory reason or result.

--Kelley