Digital BW, The Print

I'm forwarding this along as I think it could be very relevant for most of
us.

Todd

> I just discovered through another Yahoogroups list that Yahoo has
> just made a sneaky change to everybody's 'Marketing Preferences.'
> 
> The result could be a lot of email spams, phone calls from telemarketers,
> and more junk mail!
> 
> Here is how to change the 'Marketing Preferences':
> 
> Go to http://groups.yahoo.com
> 
> Click on Account Info (top left)
> Sign in (Id and Password)
> 
> Click on 'Edit your Marketing Preferences' and change the Yes buttons
> to NO as you desire. Click no to other delivery options at bottom of the
> page: US mail and Phone. Click Save Changes.
> 
> Ah... the cost of free email lists....!
> 
> Francoise Frigola

I was sure I'd been getting a lot more spam in my Yahoo mail account 
over the last 2 weeks !!!

Yahoo is clearly trying to compete with AOL to see who can be the 
most obnoxious hated internet company in existence...they've been 
taken over by suits who have no roots in the internet and are not 
worried at all about ruining the experience...and they are forgetting 
that they owe their very existence to the users and to "being cool" 
since (unlike AOL who provides connectivity) they don't offer 
anything unique but "environment" which they are polluting to the 
point where it is not worth it.

They will drive away the cutting edge users and not even notice it 
until they find out they have lost their audience completely. (MAYBE 
WE SHOULD SHORT THE STOCK?).

Yikes...I'm ranting. But Yahoo's roots were so cool...and what they 
have become is SO UGLY!!!

Tom O'Connell

-- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Todd Flashner <tflash@e...> 
wrote:
> I'm forwarding this along as I think it could be very relevant for 
most of
> us.
> 
> Todd
> 
> > I just discovered through another Yahoogroups list that Yahoo has
> > just made a sneaky change to everybody's 'Marketing Preferences.'
> > 
> > The result could be a lot of email spams, phone calls from 
telemarketers,
> > and more junk mail!
> > 
> > Here is how to change the 'Marketing Preferences':
> > 
> > Go to http://groups.yahoo.com
> > 
> > Click on Account Info (top left)
> > Sign in (Id and Password)
> > 
> > Click on 'Edit your Marketing Preferences' and change the Yes 
buttons
> > to NO as you desire. Click no to other delivery options at bottom 
of the

> > page: US mail and Phone. Click Save Changes.
> > 
> > Ah... the cost of free email lists....!
> > 
> > Francoise Frigola

Tom and Todd,  Thanks for calling my attention to this.  Yahoo did 
reset all my choices.  It is incredible that they could get away with 
it.  They probably do not honor our preferences anyway.  

Maybe  http://www.blogger.com  would be better.  Frank

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "tomoc" <tomoc@y...> wrote:
> I was sure I'd been getting a lot more spam in my Yahoo mail account 
> over the last 2 weeks !!!
> 
> Yahoo is clearly trying to compete with AOL to see who can be the 
> most obnoxious hated internet company in existence...they've been 
> taken over by suits who have no roots in the internet and are not 
> worried at all about ruining the experience...and they are 
forgetting 
> that they owe their very existence to the users and to "being cool" 
> since (unlike AOL who provides connectivity) they don't offer 
> anything unique but "environment" which they are polluting to the 
> point where it is not worth it.
> 
> They will drive away the cutting edge users and not even notice it 
> until they find out they have lost their audience completely. (MAYBE 
> WE SHOULD SHORT THE STOCK?).
> 
> Yikes...I'm ranting. But Yahoo's roots were so cool...and what they 
> have become is SO UGLY!!!
> 
> Tom O'Connell
> 
> -- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Todd Flashner <tflash@e...> 
> wrote:
> > I'm forwarding this along as I think it could be very relevant for 
> most of
> > us.
> > 
> > Todd
> > 
> > > I just discovered through another Yahoogroups list that Yahoo 
has
> > > just made a sneaky change to everybody's 'Marketing 
Preferences.'
> > > 
> > > The result could be a lot of email spams, phone calls from 
> telemarketers,
> > > and more junk mail!
> > > 
> > > Here is how to change the 'Marketing Preferences':
> > > 
> > > Go to http://groups.yahoo.com
> > > 
> > > Click on Account Info (top left)
> > > Sign in (Id and Password)
> > > 
> > > Click on 'Edit your Marketing Preferences' and change the Yes 
> buttons
> > > to NO as you desire. Click no to other delivery options at 
bottom 

> of the
> > > page: US mail and Phone. Click Save Changes.
> > > 
> > > Ah... the cost of free email lists....!
> > > 
> > > Francoise F