Comments on: Yahoo’s Profile Mess

By: Caps Lock

Caps Lock — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:14:54 +0000

The thing not made clear to me is what is the new url to link to our profiles page for others to find.

By: Biff

Biff — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 06:37:00 +0000

Suppose that you had been accessing some of the medical support groups on Yahoo Groups for years, sharing sensitive personal/family information on the assumption that all anyone would ever see was your carefully chosen, presumed anonymous Yahoo ID. Heck, even being a member of a group can be sensitive information. After years of going to your profile page and seeing only the barest minimum of information, now you go to your profile page and see your full name, possibly your employer, plus other information visible on your profile. It turns out that by default, the info is only visible to your “connections” (I think, but I’m still not 100% sure), but due to the poor launch communications, it takes you about a half hour to figure that out. In those thirty minutes, you feel many emotions about Yahoo — none of them good ones — while wondering how many friends, relatives, and coworkers now know the real identity of SuicideSurvivor1985abcdef@yahoo.com (not a real id; used for illustration purposes).

By: bt

bt — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:41:44 +0000

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By: Kotico

Kotico — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:15:56 +0000

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Joe

By: Yahoo Announces Next Steps in Open Strategy

Yahoo Announces Next Steps in Open Strategy — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:44:56 +0000

[...] Certain social features (welcome tab enhancements related to Connections and Updates) launch in the United States and Australia today. US users are required to have a new profile. [...]

By: Yahoo Profile Got New Looks | BNews Service

Yahoo Profile Got New Looks | BNews Service — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 05:46:51 +0000

[...] by Michael Arrington on TechCrunch « Web Server Survey November 2008 by [...]

By: Suki

Suki — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:22:06 +0000

I used to use Yahoo profiles and I patiently went through to transition to the new profile system.

Here’s a few other screwups.

It used to be that you could make your profile exempt from profile searchs in the member’s directory. Now if you do that, NO ONE can view your profile at all, not even the people on your contact list.

Any profiles content that violates the TOS is getting cracked down on. The problem is, they don’t tell you exactly what content they don’t like, forcing you to guess. To top it off, Yahoo now has a one-warning policy on that sort of thing. If they determine that your profile violates the TOS twice, they delete your whole account without warning. I almost lost my account because of a vacation picture of a friend and me in our bikinis (tasteful bikinis too). I guess that counts as “mature” content now.

Seriously, I’m done with Yahoo. They need to pull whatever it is out of their asses and realize that people are never going to accept a social networking service that dictates how people can socialize. Yahoo is going to tank if they keep this shit up.

By: Pete

Pete — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 05:34:29 +0000

So Marrington “As critical as I’ve been of Yahoo recently, I’m mostly supporting them in the profile transition”.

What are you supportive of? The fact they deleted hundreds of thousands of people information and then force them to redo everything instead of transferring their information?

The fact they gave no warning which is OUTRAGEOUSLY INSULTING?

The fact they now force you to list your full name for all to see unless you want to go through some hideous ‘approve one person at a time’ thing?

The fact Yahoo group moderation is no almost impossible?

The fact you can’t see friends profile until / if /when they go through the hoops of redoing their profile and making sure 12 settings are correct or they seem to be blank?

What on earth is there in all that (and more) for you to be ’supportive of’?

Personally I just cancelled my account and have moved to Google… only thing they (yahoo) will listen to since even their blogs are condescending about the whole thing.

“Ooops our bad – should have warned you – oh well… but here are some cool tips on using the new features you don’t give a crap about!!!!!!!!!!!”

By: Live: Yahoo Previews Its New Application Platform

Live: Yahoo Previews Its New Application Platform — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:54:13 +0000

[...] release of the application platform comes on the heals of a new profile system, which didn’t exactly launch without a [...]

By: LonelyManhattanLady

LonelyManhattanLady — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:26:37 +0000

I loved the original profile and I loved being surprised by an instant message from somebody new who says he is coming to the City from another country and would like to make friends or to have someone to go out with. Well, all this wonderful stuff… are gone.
Today I am going to walk alone … lonely. I don’t know anyone around here. They are very detached people and cliqued.

By: HistoryLocator.com

HistoryLocator.com — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:32:51 +0000

try backtype.com works for me.

By: Kevin99999

Kevin99999 — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:24:59 +0000

I have no problem with Yahoo trying to be innovative and creative but that is not how I would characterize this move by Yahoo!. Frankly, I do not know what Yahoo is trying to do…but whatever it is, it is doing badly.

By: pete

pete — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:59:43 +0000

hey great news profits down 1500 people lose their job( thats not good) somaybe they will start to listen.

By: יאהו - מ-Mash ל-mess ומה בהמשך?

יאהו - מ-Mash ל-mess ומה בהמשך? — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:33:57 +0000

[...] ועוד, מהר מאוד התברר כי עם שדרוג מערכת הפרופילים נמחקו פרופילים שלמים על כל המידע שהכילו. יאהו מיהרה להתנצל ולהכות על חטא שלא [...]

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:46:54 +0000

Yahoo seems to be going in reverse. I liked their Chat and groups very much about five years ago, but ever since then they have worked hard on innovating ways to loose me as a customer. It’s a shame because they “owned” the social web before we knew there was a social web.

By: M.

M. — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:28:05 +0000

Profile consists of infantile questions: MOVIE, TV, BOOKS… huh? Who cares? I do not want OLD OLD OLD friends to find me. I NEED NEED NEED new friends. HOW in the world can new people find me? I have not dated in the last couple of years after Yahoo! wrecked the profile.

By: You Know, If Yahoo Could Actually Focus, They’d Be a Helluva Lifestreaming Service « I’m Not Actually a Geek

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:36:35 +0000

[...] of acquiring sites, but not doing much with them. And many people question just what Yahoo is doing with this Universal Profile: Don’t really see a point in setting up a profile on Yahoo!. I mean, I see the company’s goals [...]

By: djchang

djchang — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:21:22 +0000

Anger, venting … Why?

Let’s remember that Yahoo has provided a relatively stable email service, free, for over 10 years. It’s still number one, globally.

We may not agree with their strategies and implementation; but let’s maintain a balance. Is the cup half full or half empty?

By: imamale4sure

imamale4sure — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:01:01 +0000

P. S. OOPS! Isn’t that something a person says when they drop something? Either that or AWWWWWWWWW S–T!!

By: imamale4sure

imamale4sure — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:58:45 +0000

People ask “Who needs a profile?” and “Who reads a profile?” For one, I do and so does many many others. I worked for a company that spent bundles on a new program they said would work. It didn’t and could not work. The company went under. Is this an omen for Yahoo? Like many others, I will NOT create a new profile. Why create something that the powers that be can delete with the press of a button? I will hang on for a short while to see what Yahoo does. I doubt they will revert back to the old format becauuse they are wearing blinders.

All you hear on tv these days is the practice of safe sex. Apparently Yahoo does not believe in this thought. They have slipped one in the users and never used a condom. What kind of ogre will be the result of this act?

I rtealize Yahoo can do what they please with their system, but I also feel we should have been given a choice in the matter. The new or the old.

To the powers that be: I have read almost all of the user responses, and about 98% to 99 % have been negative. Now, do you want to retain your users or not? The ball is in your court.

By: YAHOO IRKS USERS BY RESETTING ALL PROFILES IN MOVE TO PROMOTE SOCIAL NETWORKING. : Advertising Goose

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:52:56 +0000

[...] Arrington writes at TechCrunch (10/18), “Yahoo launched their new profile product last week as part of their big plan to [...]

By: Justin Berry

Justin Berry — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:46:03 +0000

Yeah, but it seems like it is getting out of hand now. Especially with this Yahoo! move.

By: George

George — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:40:34 +0000

Social is very important and here to stay. Its obvious large internet entities are doing their best to figure out how to monetize the model. Ultimately, that’s the great potential of Facebook.

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:03:57 +0000

My profile is up to date and i”ve not touched it in years.

Yet another anti-Yahoo post from Arrington? -Declare your holding in businesses before you post comments on them.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:29:55 +0000

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