Comments on: Yahoo Groups – changing moderators http://arts-careers.com/success/yahoo-groups-changing-moderators Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:29:36 +0000 hourly 1 By: Linger http://arts-careers.com/success/yahoo-groups-changing-moderators/comment-page-1#comment-127 Linger Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:29:36 +0000 http://arts-careers.com/success/?p=125#comment-127 Thanks for that. It turns out, only the owner can change those settings. I'm just the moderator so those options aren't available to me. Thanks again! (: Thanks for that.
It turns out, only the owner can change those settings. I’m just the moderator so those options aren’t available to me.
Thanks again! (:

]]> By: Aisling http://arts-careers.com/success/yahoo-groups-changing-moderators/comment-page-1#comment-126 Aisling Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:42:14 +0000 http://arts-careers.com/success/?p=125#comment-126 Linger, I've added a screenshot at #5, showing exactly what you're looking for. In Members, you're looking for the person's username on the list. Then, you click on "Edit Membership." The screen that opens should have that info, as shown in the screenshot, for you to select. Cheerfully, Aisling Linger,

I’ve added a screenshot at #5, showing exactly what you’re looking for. In Members, you’re looking for the person’s username on the list. Then, you click on “Edit Membership.” The screen that opens should have that info, as shown in the screenshot, for you to select.

Cheerfully,
Aisling

]]> By: Linger http://arts-careers.com/success/yahoo-groups-changing-moderators/comment-page-1#comment-125 Linger Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:33:16 +0000 http://arts-careers.com/success/?p=125#comment-125 Hello, I got lost in #3... i cant find anywhere the "change to moderator" option after clicking edit membership Hello,
I got lost in #3… i cant find anywhere the “change to moderator” option after clicking edit membership

]]> By: Aisling http://arts-careers.com/success/yahoo-groups-changing-moderators/comment-page-1#comment-123 Aisling Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:03:45 +0000 http://arts-careers.com/success/?p=125#comment-123 Hi, I'm sorry, Jerry, but the best solution is to start an entirely new group at Yahoo, and invite everyone to join you there. (Also read my earlier comments for additional tips.) Expecting help from Yahoo is, unfortunately, likely to be frustrating. I've never heard of anyone receiving a personal reply from them. Sympathetically, Aisling Hi,

I’m sorry, Jerry, but the best solution is to start an entirely new group at Yahoo, and invite everyone to join you there. (Also read my earlier comments for additional tips.)

Expecting help from Yahoo is, unfortunately, likely to be frustrating. I’ve never heard of anyone receiving a personal reply from them.

Sympathetically,
Aisling

]]> By: Aisling http://arts-careers.com/success/yahoo-groups-changing-moderators/comment-page-1#comment-122 Aisling Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:02:08 +0000 http://arts-careers.com/success/?p=125#comment-122 Judy, I wish I could offer help or encouragement, but these things happen at Yahoo, and I've never received a personal reply when I've asked for help. The good news is, I can see Yahoo adjusting settings (or changing software) at Yahoo Groups. Even this week, I saw some weird changes that were corrected a few hours later. So, don't give up. I just can't offer any helpful suggestions. However, I routinely appoint myself as a Moderator (or even an Owner) of each of my groups, using different usernames and email addresses. That way, if one stops working, I can still access the group through one of the others. It's sneaky, but it's been helpful at times. Sympathetically, Aisling Judy,

I wish I could offer help or encouragement, but these things happen at Yahoo, and I’ve never received a personal reply when I’ve asked for help.

The good news is, I can see Yahoo adjusting settings (or changing software) at Yahoo Groups. Even this week, I saw some weird changes that were corrected a few hours later.

So, don’t give up. I just can’t offer any helpful suggestions.

However, I routinely appoint myself as a Moderator (or even an Owner) of each of my groups, using different usernames and email addresses. That way, if one stops working, I can still access the group through one of the others. It’s sneaky, but it’s been helpful at times.

Sympathetically,
Aisling

]]> By: Judy Ellis http://arts-careers.com/success/yahoo-groups-changing-moderators/comment-page-1#comment-118 Judy Ellis Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:43:27 +0000 http://arts-careers.com/success/?p=125#comment-118 I am the oderator/owner of a group of 336 people in a homeowners association. I clicked on my group from my Favorites about 9 days ago and discovered Yahoo seems to have lost track of me as a moderator/owner. The only page I get is one that anyone can access and the "long, tall graphic" you mention above is gone. There is no way for me to access the membership list. Worse, from the page I get, it appears that now anyone can use the email address that sends to the entire membership, a big no-no. And worse yet, when I log into Yahoo and go to My Yahoo and then groups, the 3 listed there are groups I belong to but MY group is not listed. I emailed them for help on 7/9 and got 2 or 3 responses asking me a bunch of questions but I am no closer to a solution than I was 9 days ago. I am very frustrated. Any suggestions? Thanks! I am the oderator/owner of a group of 336 people in a homeowners association. I clicked on my group from my Favorites about 9 days ago and discovered Yahoo seems to have lost track of me as a moderator/owner. The only page I get is one that anyone can access and the “long, tall graphic” you mention above is gone. There is no way for me to access the membership list. Worse, from the page I get, it appears that now anyone can use the email address that sends to the entire membership, a big no-no. And worse yet, when I log into Yahoo and go to My Yahoo and then groups, the 3 listed there are groups I belong to but MY group is not listed. I emailed them for help on 7/9 and got 2 or 3 responses asking me a bunch of questions but I am no closer to a solution than I was 9 days ago. I am very frustrated. Any suggestions? Thanks!

]]> By: Jerry Crenshaw http://arts-careers.com/success/yahoo-groups-changing-moderators/comment-page-1#comment-115 Jerry Crenshaw Sun, 27 Jun 2010 19:38:21 +0000 http://arts-careers.com/success/?p=125#comment-115 Two yahoo groups, FPHS57Forum and fphsclassof57 were created and monitored by a classmate who is now deceased. As far as I know he was the only monderator. How do I become the moderator of these two groups? I estimate about 50-100 classmates participate in these two groups; therefore, we want to keep them intact. Your help would be greatly appreciated. Two yahoo groups, FPHS57Forum and fphsclassof57 were created and monitored by a classmate who is now deceased. As far as I know he was the only monderator. How do I become the moderator of these two groups? I estimate about 50-100 classmates participate in these two groups; therefore, we want to keep them intact. Your help would be greatly appreciated.

]]> By: Aisling http://arts-careers.com/success/yahoo-groups-changing-moderators/comment-page-1#comment-114 Aisling Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:03:42 +0000 http://arts-careers.com/success/?p=125#comment-114 Hello Valerie, First of all, I'm so relieved to hear that you recovered your cat! I have owned several cats -- including one that's currently 10 years old and he's a wonderful, valued member of our family -- so I understand your concerns. I also think it's important for people to have a resource when a cat goes missing. The problems you're describing sound like the Owner of the list has gone missing from Yahoo Groups, and others have become self-declared "moderators" without authority and without having actual access to the group's Control Panel. This happens. There is no "safety net" at Yahoo Groups, to replace an Owner who's abandoned the group or install Moderators to resume control of the group. Unless someone with access to the Control Panel appoints new Owners or Moderators, there are none. So, many groups are currently running wild with no actual checks, balances or actual moderation. Yahoo Groups offers automated spam filtering, but it has to be ticked in the Control Panel screen or it's not functioning. That said, my experiences with Yahoo's spam filters have been disappointing; they "catch" fine emails and often let the worst through without any deterrents. My best advice is to create a Yahoo Group yourself (it's easy) and give it a name similar to the group you're in. Use hyphens in the name, or add a hyphen and UK to the name, to distinguish it. (I'm astonished to hear that there seem to be UK/USA tensions. I travel between both countries regularly, and while politics can be unattractive in any context, it's rarely been an issue among my US and UK friends.) Once you have the group set up and you're the Owner, go back to the rowdy group and tell them about the new group that you're going to run with an eye to maintaining harmony, cooperation, and motion towards your mutual goals. I think a website is also a good idea, as the primary place where you share resources and information that will be helpful to people. (Blogger.com and WordPress.com both offer good, free websites.) Yours can be supplemented by the Yahoo Group for individual discussions. Walking away from the madness -- rather than trying to reconcile things within the existing Yahoo Group -- is probably your best option at this point. Setting up your own Yahoo Group and website would be a truly kind thing to do, to help others. If you have other questions, or if there's any way that I can help, feel free to ask. Sincerely, Aisling Hello Valerie,

First of all, I’m so relieved to hear that you recovered your cat! I have owned several cats — including one that’s currently 10 years old and he’s a wonderful, valued member of our family — so I understand your concerns. I also think it’s important for people to have a resource when a cat goes missing.

The problems you’re describing sound like the Owner of the list has gone missing from Yahoo Groups, and others have become self-declared “moderators” without authority and without having actual access to the group’s Control Panel.

This happens. There is no “safety net” at Yahoo Groups, to replace an Owner who’s abandoned the group or install Moderators to resume control of the group. Unless someone with access to the Control Panel appoints new Owners or Moderators, there are none. So, many groups are currently running wild with no actual checks, balances or actual moderation.

Yahoo Groups offers automated spam filtering, but it has to be ticked in the Control Panel screen or it’s not functioning. That said, my experiences with Yahoo’s spam filters have been disappointing; they “catch” fine emails and often let the worst through without any deterrents.

My best advice is to create a Yahoo Group yourself (it’s easy) and give it a name similar to the group you’re in. Use hyphens in the name, or add a hyphen and UK to the name, to distinguish it. (I’m astonished to hear that there seem to be UK/USA tensions. I travel between both countries regularly, and while politics can be unattractive in any context, it’s rarely been an issue among my US and UK friends.)

Once you have the group set up and you’re the Owner, go back to the rowdy group and tell them about the new group that you’re going to run with an eye to maintaining harmony, cooperation, and motion towards your mutual goals.

I think a website is also a good idea, as the primary place where you share resources and information that will be helpful to people. (Blogger.com and WordPress.com both offer good, free websites.) Yours can be supplemented by the Yahoo Group for individual discussions.

Walking away from the madness — rather than trying to reconcile things within the existing Yahoo Group — is probably your best option at this point. Setting up your own Yahoo Group and website would be a truly kind thing to do, to help others.

If you have other questions, or if there’s any way that I can help, feel free to ask.

Sincerely,
Aisling

]]> By: Valerie Morelle http://arts-careers.com/success/yahoo-groups-changing-moderators/comment-page-1#comment-113 Valerie Morelle Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:09:27 +0000 http://arts-careers.com/success/?p=125#comment-113 Can you advise me. In April I lost my cat, he went out through an open front door in 1 min. In the course of seekng him, I made contact with a yahoo group MissingCat Assistance. It was runing fine. Then we had a lot of spam. The owners could not or would not be found. Then two members said they were the "moderators". One criticises what I am saying which is even more pitiful as she does not understand what I am saying. 3 weeks ago another member set up an alternative site so that we would not have spam. The two "moderatos" decided they would stay with yahoogroups. Today they announced that the new members one of whom has been spamming have refused to be "moderated" by the two and the two "m's" are now having to say they can post without moderation!....I have it in mind to either set up a new group myself or a web site whichever gets best to the people I wish to communicate with wihout all the infighting and bitching, to put it crudely. What is the point of having a total input which is "moderated" by someone who has failed in the aims of the group and who appears to have little formal education? Who seems more involved with the members than the aims.... I am not interested in the group as now "working" with at least one of the two, so I would prefer to set up my own group, or a site. Can one peron just decide that an owner has gone away and she can take over? Your comment/s would be appreciated. It appears too that there is an amount of UK/USA tension which I would attempt to avoid by concentrating perhaps on UK comment/views? myself in UK comment. I write briefly as my cat wants my attention. He is the recovered cat. I wished to further the aims of that group by including vets and their services and costs and that seemed to put the proverbial cat amongst the piigeons. They even suggested that Yahoo was responsible for the spamming at one stage....Do yahoogroups get automatic spamming and how is it avoided, or is one bound to set up a web site to avoid spam? Thus one would check ev eryone out but even so spam could not be ruled out surely? Valerie Can you advise me. In April I lost my cat, he went out through an open front door in 1 min. In the course of seekng him, I made contact with a yahoo group MissingCat Assistance. It was runing fine. Then we had a lot of spam. The owners could not or would not be found. Then two members said they were the “moderators”. One criticises what I am saying which is even more pitiful as she does not understand what I am saying. 3 weeks ago another member set up an alternative site so that we would not have spam. The two “moderatos” decided they would stay with yahoogroups. Today they announced that the new members one of whom has been spamming have refused to be “moderated” by the two and the two “m’s” are now having to say they can post without moderation!….I have it in mind to either set up a new group myself or a web site whichever gets best to the people I wish to communicate with wihout all the infighting and bitching, to put it crudely. What is the point of having a total input which is “moderated” by someone who has failed in the aims of the group and who appears to have little formal education? Who seems more involved with the members than the aims….
I am not interested in the group as now “working” with at least one of the two, so I would prefer to set up my own group, or a site. Can one peron just decide that an owner has gone away and she can take over?
Your comment/s would be appreciated. It appears too that there is an amount of UK/USA tension which I would attempt to avoid by concentrating perhaps on UK comment/views? myself in UK comment. I write briefly as my cat wants my attention. He is the recovered cat. I wished to further the aims of that group by including vets and their services and costs and that seemed to put the proverbial cat amongst the piigeons.
They even suggested that Yahoo was responsible for the spamming at one stage….Do yahoogroups get automatic spamming and how is it avoided, or is one bound to set up a web site to avoid spam? Thus one would check ev eryone out but even so spam could not be ruled out surely?
Valerie

]]> By: MS Link http://arts-careers.com/success/yahoo-groups-changing-moderators/comment-page-1#comment-111 MS Link Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:42:34 +0000 http://arts-careers.com/success/?p=125#comment-111 Thanks you so much for the help and the extra comments about what really could happen. After your thoughts, I am on the path that it is not so important that I could walk away if I needed to. It gave me some closure and now I realize where things can go. MANY thanks for your help!!!! Thanks you so much for the help and the extra comments about what really could happen. After your thoughts, I am on the path that it is not so important that I could walk away if I needed to. It gave me some closure and now I realize where things can go. MANY thanks for your help!!!!

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