OT: Yahoo stockboard changes

Message ID: 389965
Posted By: drichards1953
Posted On: 2006-07-12 11:32:00
Subject: OT: Yahoo stockboard changes

I am sure some of you, if not all of you have tried the "new" beta of the Yahoo! stock boards. Personally I do not like them. There are some aspects that are good, such as being able to look at all posts of a certain nym, but other than theat they are a mess. Obviously Yahoo cannot leave well enough alone.

On some sites they are now not allowing a switch back to the original format. I found this on the Cisco site. Yahoo! fails to understand that the simplicity of the stock boards is one of the great benefits. There is no need or from what I have heard from others, nor great desire for threaded messages that are not necessarily in time and date order. It is more like they wanted to "refresh" the look and feel of the stock board, but went ten steps too far.

You need to let Yahoo know. On the "beta" stock board site there is a link in the upper part of the board there is a link to "send us feedback" I strongly urge you to let Yahoo know what you think. Please do not get nasty or vulgar, however I think the direction of the changes for the stock boards can be influenced if enough people post an objective opinion. Personally I think Yahoo! is trying to fix something that is not broken. I can understand a desire to "freshen" the look, but the wholesale changes in how things are posted are for the most part useless, in my opinion.

Let Yahoo know.

Message ID: 389967
Posted By: boyle_m_owl
Posted On: 2006-07-12 11:35:00
Subject: Re: OT: Yahoo stockboard changes

It falls on deaf ears, drichards.

They're not going to stop until it looks like myspace.

*shudder*

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BMO

Message ID: 389990
Posted By: drichards1953
Posted On: 2006-07-12 12:47:00
Subject: Re: OT: Yahoo stockboard changes

Boyle I would agree for the most part, but I also come from the school of if you do not state an opinion, you have no right to complain in the future, when and if the changes occur.

I feel the same way about voting. If you did not vote I do not think you have much right to complain.

Even with CalderaSCO many of us in the I.T. end of the business are voting out support or lack there of, by avoiding the use of any products sold by CalderaSCO. The investment community is voicing their support, or lack of support for the CalderaSCO management by what they are willing to pay for SCOX, and it is on an overall decline since April. Not a good thing for Darl and Ralphie.

So back to my point, if you do not let Yahoo know they are being dumb, then you have little right to complain when the changes occur. Of course we can always go over to the Google site for the SCOX board there. think of all the automated ad clicks Yahoo! would loose.

Message ID: 389991
Posted By: boyle_m_owl
Posted On: 2006-07-12 12:51:00
Subject: Re: OT: Yahoo stockboard changes

"Boyle I would agree for the most part, but I also come from the school of if you do not state an opinion, you have no right to complain in the future, when and if the changes occur. "

I have written.

It's like sending notes down a rathole.

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BMO

Message ID: 390029
Posted By: baomike
Posted On: 2006-07-12 14:29:00
Subject: Re: OT: Yahoo stockboard changes

I sent them a complaint for harrassment because they were making me click thru all that junk to get to the old style board.

And I have been sending them feedback, all neg.

Message ID: 390041
Posted By: walterbyrd
Posted On: 2006-07-12 15:09:00
Subject: Re: OT: Yahoo stockboard changes

>> That is why I greatly prefer Usenet for those topics that still have active and community-minded netnews groups<<

Sadly, IMO, Usenet is not nearly as used, or useful, as it once was. Few ISPs even include actual newsgroups.

In a way, usenet makes more sense than 100 different forums, all over the place. Although, usenet also has it's problems: such as several redundant news groups.

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