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Yahoo! Takes Down News Message Boards
hondo77 writes "Yahoo! has taken down their news message boards. According to the message from General Manager Neil Budde, 'Over the next few months, we plan to offer new discussion forums based on topics in the news and incorporating the latest features to foster a better discussion for all of our readers.' Okay, I can understand wanting to fix the boards so they're more useful but to take them down for months before a replacement is released?"
The boards were pretty much my only reason for visiting Yahoo!
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Before we all jump on the "let's bash Yahoo" bandwagon, why don't we all just sit down and discuss this?
Oh, right..
Translation: we couldn't beat the trolls, so we took down the bridge?
Lunatic Fringe. It seems only the lunatic fringe are attracted to news message boards. Our local newspapers web site added comments and everytime a hispanic name is mentioned dozens of people would go into rants and start flame wars about illegal aliens.
.. Michael Richards, high on drugs, screaming "NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER I HATE NIGGERS" over and over again for hours and hours. Add to that an evangelic Christian screaming "FIND CHRIST" at the top of his lungs, once every 45 minutes precisely. Finally, imagine an overweight 40-year old divorced mother crying and saying "why is everybody so mean".
This is what the Yahoo boards were like. They were worst than useless.
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Judging from this crowd, (myself included,) it appears you are correct.
The Microsoft groups are working out well to this day but typically you do not see companies getting involved in any type of forum that they do not control the mute button for.
Hey! Trolling the Microsoft hierarchy is a great idea!
After all, I am strangely colored.
For those who never used the Yahoo! News message boards, here is a simple analogy which explains (without resorting to quoting 99% of the garbage on said boards):
Yahoo! News Message Boards were to intelligent discourse as toilet paper is to the great classics from English Literature.
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They who?
Yawhat?
Yawho?
YooHoo?
Nope, never heard of them...
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I fully agree. All of the smart people post on Slashdot.
(if a comment is written, but is modded down to -1.. will anyone read it?
Real men read at -1.
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. . . the bathroom walls of the internet.
And I mean that in a good way - enteraining as hell.
What?
And I for one welcome our "and I for one welcome our..." overlords.