How display pics show up is controlled by the displayer of the pic and Yahoo. I've been seeing LOTS of blacked out display pic boxes lately so I'm not sure if Yahoo has made changes to how display pics are displayed or, with all of the server issues, with Yahoo moving their server farms around, that could be a big cause of display pic issues as well.
On a side note, I've also been noticing a LOT of profiles are showing up as blank or private (or not built yet) again. They had that problem when they moved to the new profile format and dumped any information from the old profiles instead of migrating it over. After enough outcry from users, Yahoo admitted they did not dump the old information and migrated it on over to the new profiles... but I think the server farm moving has caused much of that to disappear again... hopefully only for a short time. As a group owner and moderator of several (probably a dozen) Yahoo Groups (but not this one), I use Profile info (and whether the person even has a profile) as a factor in deciding whether someone gets approved for membership. If they have a "normal" looking profile, then they probably are NOT bots. Uh Oh.. maybe I shouldn't have said that as now the bots will make themselves look "normal" to try and infiltrate the groups... but I have other obstacles they have to pass as well. ;-) If anyone has had trouble getting their profile built/edited, here's a post by Netti from this group that explains it in detail... even helping me to figure out how to edit and make them stick, for the new profiles a while back. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Yahoo_Messenger/message/6115 Lenny Vasbinder http://lennyvasbinder.blogspot.com FREE and automatic online remote backup of your documents, photos and files... https://mozy.com/?ref=SY4ZSI Check out how simple and secure it can be to use the Mozy remote backup system. Mozy will back up your most important files and folders every day/night while you aren't using your computer. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of l1ock_d0wn Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 5:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Y!M] Display Pic Why is it now that when my friend is offline I can no longer see their display pic on the messenger box where as before I could?
