{"id":26937,"date":"2019-10-16T15:35:58","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T19:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=26937"},"modified":"2020-10-14T15:49:22","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T19:49:22","slug":"yahoo-groups-shutting-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/16\/yahoo-groups-shutting-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Yahoo Groups Shutting Down"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yahoo<\/a> (via Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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Yahoo has made the decision to no longer allow users to upload content to the Yahoo Groups site. Beginning October 21, you won’t be able to upload any more content to the site, and as of December 14 all previously posted content on the site will be permanently removed. You’ll have until that date to save anything you’ve uploaded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

“Uploaded” is referring to file attachments and the like. As far as I know, there’s no way to download the actual mailing list conversations, which are the bulk of most groups’ content. Lots of interesting and valuable information will be lost. Will anyone rescue it, à la DejaNews?<\/p>\n\n

I love how the title of this announcement, “Understand what’s changing in Yahoo Groups,” downplays the what’s happening here. Unless you’re accustomed to these types of headlines, you might think that they’re just changing how avatars work, or something, and ignore it.<\/p>\n\n

Groups.io<\/a> seems like the best successor and is free for unlimited members<\/a>, funded by premium features. It’s already being used by apple-dev<\/a> and has instructions<\/a> for transferring from Yahoo and Google. Another alternative is Gaggle<\/a>, which is only free up to 20 members<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Update (2019-10-17): erincandescent<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Today it was announced that Yahoo! Groups is shutting down, and taking with it a piece of critical national infrastructure: the Oftel Yahoo Group which is used for managing UK phone number assignments.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Harry McCracken<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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This is terrible news for the Internet’s collective memory, just as it was when Yahoo purged GeoCities and AOL purged Hometown.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Update (2019-10-22): Josh Centers<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I’ve received a lot of messages about Yahoo Groups today. “Yeah, they’re shutting the website down, but I can still use the email list, right?”<\/p>

Take the hint. It’s time to migrate.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Update (2020-10-14): Yahoo (via e-mail, Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n

Beginning December 15, 2020 the Yahoo Groups website will shut down and members will no longer be able to send or receive emails from Yahoo Groups.<\/p><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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