I'm not saying it did not happen. Obviously, anything goes with yahoo. I've never seen nine hundred members and i get notification whenever a member joins. Additionally, we have a lot of moderated members, so I have to go to the site at least every 48 hours. If they were added, the new member notification system was malfunctioning. hmmm
Tracey -----Original Message----- From: SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kelly Wright Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 10:18 PM To: SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com Subject: [SciFiNoir Lit] Re: Black Voices Column on Sci Fi Noir Tracey, I went to your link page and one thing struck me: the blurb about one group was deleted after their member numbers suddenly exploded. I remember being plesantly surprised when I noticed that our SciFiNoir group suddenly had almost 900 members. Makes me wonder if we were spammed out of existence. ~rave! --- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, "Tracey de Morsella \(formerly Tracey L. Minor\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Guys: > > I hate to set the record straight, because I wish what you think is true, > but I did some research and determined that not only does yahoo and Google > cover themselves in their terms of service, but they have do this to > thousands of groups and they always get away with it. See the following > link of some of the other victims. > http://www.scifinoir.net/othervictims.htm > > The only thing that is going to work is a massive public boycott with > tremendous media exposure. Since most media is consolidates into a few > incestuous companies, that is unlikely. > > If I had time, I might try to launch a major public awareness campaign, but > I don't so I made a compromise. And did the following: > > Sent out a notice to about 100 African American discussion lists > Sent out a notice to about 10 Star trek discussion Lists > Sent out a notice to about 20 blogs dealing with intellectual property and > censorship issues > Sent out a notice to about 10 scifi and trek sites > Sent out a notice to about 10 tech media > Distributed a notice on PRWEb, but something is up, because my notice is > supposed to and always has in the past been distributed on Google News and > it has not yet. > I am putting together a resource guide for moderators which provides tools > to protect yahoo group owners and information about the policies of the free > groups. > I still plan on sending my notice to daily newspaper in major market tech > editors and African American weekly editors, but I am waiting to see if one > major player covers this after they investigate my claims. If they do, it > may cause other tech editors to cover it too. > > My goal is modest, to raise awareness about what yahoo does from a barely > murmured whisper to a very loud whisper. I hope to prevent a few people > from making my mistake. I hope that as this continues, more people will > know and jump ship to google or some other player. I told Art my plan and > his response was to say that he was going to run out and by stock in yahoo. > So this may be an idiotic. > > While I am not longer fighting yahoo directly, I am in my heart I am. I > hope I have not let you down > > Tracey > > -----Original Message----- > From: SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Carole McDonnell > Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 5:11 PM > To: SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [SciFiNoir Lit] Re: Black Voices Column on Sci Fi Noir > > > Loved the article Lester! > > Liked the idea also that Tracey didn't just let the situation drop. > As a wimp myself, I tend not to fight major battles. But it's good to > know that there are some warriors out there. Maybe yahoo will think > twice about messing around with our stuff in the future. > -C > > > Carole McDonnell"Then said I: 'Here am I; send me." > www.geocities.com/scifiwritir/OreoBlues.html > groups.yahoo.com/group/genrechristianwriters > groups.yahoo.com/group/Thecontestinganthologist > --- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, "Dr. Lester K. 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