Yahoo groups closing down

[detheridge]

This announcement has been made by Yahoo:

"All members please note.

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.

https://help.yahoo.com/kb/groups/SLN31010.html?impressions=true

PLEASE COPY ANYTHING YOU NEED OFF THIS SITE NOW !"

 

and it's been confirmed here:

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8xwe9p/yahoo-groups-is-winding-down-and-all-content-will-be-permanently-removed

 

This is particularly annoying for all Yahoo groups associated with railways and railway modelling, as not only will the files be deleted, but the possibility of decades of expertise shared will almost certainly disappear.

 

Please let as many people know as you can, so as to give them the opportunity to archive as much as possible on different platforms where possible.

[AMJ]

The group's that I was running were just using the email facilities which has been replaced by other systems. I can't remember when I last used it.

 

Wait a few more years and Facebook will have a similar statement.