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Yahoo Groups
Sunday, September 23rd, 2007 09:07 pmI found out 2 things about Yahoo Groups today.
First, that the Edit Profile page that gets displayed in the UK (and probably other countries) differs from the one displayed in the U.S. The one in the U.S. has 2 additional checkboxes in the "Display Options" area. One of them is labeled "Adult-oriented Content?" and has the text Designate this profile as an 'adult profile'.
- Adult-oriented content is permitted
- Users registered as under age 18 won't be able to view this profile
The other is labeled "Member Since" and has the text:
Display how long I have been a member of Yahoo! on my profiles
Apparently those 2 options are not available in the UK. It was the first one which concerned me, as I am moderator of a group, and one member of the group has a nude photo on their profile, and links to some adult sites. I asked them to update their profile to select that checkbox, just so the unpredictable Yahoo wouldn't have that as a reason for shutting down our group. But apparently he can't do that, since he doesn't even have that option.
Second, I've known for a while that if you do a group search from the main page after logging into Yahoo groups, any groups in the adult category will not appear in the search results. However, today I found out that if you are a member of an adult group, and you do the search from that group's main page, adult groups are included in the search results.
First, that the Edit Profile page that gets displayed in the UK (and probably other countries) differs from the one displayed in the U.S. The one in the U.S. has 2 additional checkboxes in the "Display Options" area. One of them is labeled "Adult-oriented Content?" and has the text Designate this profile as an 'adult profile'.
- Adult-oriented content is permitted
- Users registered as under age 18 won't be able to view this profile
The other is labeled "Member Since" and has the text:
Display how long I have been a member of Yahoo! on my profiles
Apparently those 2 options are not available in the UK. It was the first one which concerned me, as I am moderator of a group, and one member of the group has a nude photo on their profile, and links to some adult sites. I asked them to update their profile to select that checkbox, just so the unpredictable Yahoo wouldn't have that as a reason for shutting down our group. But apparently he can't do that, since he doesn't even have that option.
Second, I've known for a while that if you do a group search from the main page after logging into Yahoo groups, any groups in the adult category will not appear in the search results. However, today I found out that if you are a member of an adult group, and you do the search from that group's main page, adult groups are included in the search results.