Candy - I too wish that they would have left well enough alone. This
is the direction Yahoo is going so we have to just deal with it.
Yahoo wouldnt respond to a petition, they have instituted the new
profiles and we have to live with it.

I explained our concerns that the old info was not migrated to the new
profiles. They insist that the info was. I think they transferred the
360 info not the old profile info.

If members are using one of their Yahoo Alias' and not their main
profile in your group they have to use the "search" feature on the
profile setup and link their Alias to their main profile. That of
course defeats the purpose of having multiple ID's.

I am not having much luck with the members in my group understanding
all the components of the profiles (even giving them Yahoo
instructions) or how to manage their settings.

Good luck.
Athena



--- In LadyFounders@yahoogroups.com, cg <candygramma70@...> wrote:
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> I wish they would have just left well enuf alone.
> Sorry but I hate this new profile . Many arenot even updating it.
IMO if they dont update- then boot them out of Yahoo until they comply.
> I always use the profile when admitting new members. Now I cannot
find out if they have just made up a new one or not.
> I wish members could sign a petition to stop this new profile .
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> From: Athena <cupid2000.athena@...>
> Subject: Lady Founders: Yahoo's New Profiles
> To: LadyFounders@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Saturday, December 6, 2008, 9:02 AM
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> Yahoo changed the profiles completely - hope the info below is helpful
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> This is a post from the "offical" yahoo group for Moderators which is
> actually run by the staff of yahoo.
> I actually meet these folks at a NYC Groups Town Hall Meeting and they
> do seem to finally have people at Yahoo who are dedicated to groups.
> I am in this group and am on individual emails as they send out alerts
> if there are yahoo bugs and such. Members cant post to this group ...
> just the Yahoo staff.
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> http://tech. groups.yahoo. com/group/ moderatorcentral /
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> Hi all,
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> My name is Melissa and I'm the Community Manager for the profiles team
> and work with Jami, the Groups Community Manager.
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> We heard from Jami that many of you have expressed a desire to check
> the complete profile of a user prior to allowing them to join your
> group. With the recent changes to profiles, many of you have been
> unable to do this.
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> We value all of you as Moderators. For the time being, you may verify
> a user's profile and account information by going to:
> http://manage. members.yahoo. com/YAHOOUSERID
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> Please replace "YAHOOUSERID" with the ID you wish to research. This
> will pull up a profile page similar to the old profiles format.
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> This format/page will NOT be available for long and is a temporary
> solution for many of you who need to review full profile information
> to appropriately manage your groups, while
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> Please note that any changes you make to your own profile while logged
> into this screen will not show up in your new profile.
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> At this time, the only way to reliably manage and edit your own
> profile is to go through http://profiles. yahoo.com
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> Thanks again for all of your feedback and patience, and please be sure
> to check the profiles news blog for the most recent updates and posts
> on the new profiles system. http://www.yprofile blog.com
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> If you have additional issues concerning profiles and how it relates
> to the management of your group, please feel free to email me directly
> at yprofileblog [at] yahoo [dot] com .
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> Melissa Daniels
> Yahoo! Community Manager
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