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ForumsHelp · 01-12-2007, 12:19 PM

Source: InformationWeek.com

Yahoo has pulled the plug temporarily on message boards that were linked to individual articles on the portal's news site.
In a posting to readers, Neil Budde, general manager for Yahoo News, said the online forums were taken down while the portal works on "new ways for readers to comment on the news and participate in a discussion around it."
"As they were set up, the Yahoo News message boards allowed a small number of vocal users to dominate the discussion," Budde said. "In addition, related discussions from similar news articles were not easily linked."
The portal expected to launch new discussion forums over the next few months. Yahoo officials were not immediately available for comment on Friday.
Yahoo in general is expected to make major changes to services as a result of a management shake-up and reorganization announced this month. It was the first overhaul in five years for the Internet company, which has fallen behind more agile competitors, such as Google, MySpace, and YouTube, in emerging, profitable markets.

GandalfTheGrey · 08-03-2007, 03:27 PM

Guess some people's heads started to roll over this.

But yes it is often difficult to forsee how functionality is used (and often abused) by the users.

Dipset · 08-12-2007, 11:01 PM

I wouldn't use forums as way to process comments either way. Like using a sword to cut a sandwich

encoder · 08-26-2007, 05:53 AM

I think Yahoo changed it to Question and Answer portion where people will ask questions about anything and people could answer to it. I tried checking Yahoo just now and there is no comment button for any news. I guess we just have read to the news that Yahoo posts.

Noodlez · 09-03-2007, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by GandalfTheGrey

Guess some people's heads started to roll over this.

But yes it is often difficult to forsee how functionality is used (and often abused) by the users.

Yeah you see that all the time.

I commonly browse Youtube and all I see is links to advertise sites that well, not everyone wants to visit really. You also see a lot of bashing and flaming too in those too.

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User Profile ForumsHelp Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Age: 31 Posts: 968 Total Points: 194,399 Donate My Zoints Profile My Photos: (1) My Mood:	Yahoo Closes News Forums Source: InformationWeek.com Yahoo has pulled the plug temporarily on message boards that were linked to individual articles on the portal's news site. In a posting to readers, Neil Budde, general manager for Yahoo News, said the online forums were taken down while the portal works on "new ways for readers to comment on the news and participate in a discussion around it." "As they were set up, the Yahoo News message boards allowed a small number of vocal users to dominate the discussion," Budde said. "In addition, related discussions from similar news articles were not easily linked." The portal expected to launch new discussion forums over the next few months. Yahoo officials were not immediately available for comment on Friday. Yahoo in general is expected to make major changes to services as a result of a management shake-up and reorganization announced this month. It was the first overhaul in five years for the Internet company, which has fallen behind more agile competitors, such as Google, MySpace, and YouTube, in emerging, profitable markets. __________________ vB Alien Custom vBulletin Skin Design & vBulletin Services

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08-03-2007, 03:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
User Profile GandalfTheGrey Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Age: 23 Posts: 25 Total Points: 403 Donate My Zoints Profile My Photos: (0)	Guess some people's heads started to roll over this. But yes it is often difficult to forsee how functionality is used (and often abused) by the users.

08-12-2007, 11:01 PM	#3 (permalink)
User Profile Dipset Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 28 Total Points: 531 Donate My Zoints Profile My Photos: (0)	I wouldn't use forums as way to process comments either way. Like using a sword to cut a sandwich

08-26-2007, 05:53 AM	#4 (permalink)
User Profile encoder Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 75 Total Points: 1,093 Donate My Zoints Profile My Photos: (0)	I think Yahoo changed it to Question and Answer portion where people will ask questions about anything and people could answer to it. I tried checking Yahoo just now and there is no comment button for any news. I guess we just have read to the news that Yahoo posts.