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Yahoo to Eliminate 'Adult' Profiles
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:24:56 -0700
________________________________________ From: Jeff Schult [jss () tftb com] Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 6:11 PM To: David Farber Subject: Yahoo to Eliminate 'Adult' Profiles I got an e-mail from Yahoo today telling me that the company is eliminating "adult profiles" for members as of April 9. Obviously, this affects a vast number of people who make their living taking off their clothes in front of webcams, other exhibitionists and those who care about or even love them. Yahoo says in the e-mail that it is eliminating the whole category of 'adult' profiles, and will delete, on April 9, all photos on adult profiles. The implication is that the profiles will otherwise remain intact. However, Yahoo says nothing in the email about the implication of its action for Yahoo Groups -- a very large number require a Yahoo adult profile as a condition to join. This includes a multitude of pornography groups, yes. But in my experience it also includes a significant number of groups that are forums for discussing such things as plastic surgery, or breast cancer, etc. -- groups to which "adult" images are posted. So it appears, at first glance, to be a step with more implications than just eradicating a community of pornophiles ... I realize that not all would find *that* alarming enough. Discussed at: http://www.jeffschult.com/blog/?p=70 -jeff Jeff Schult Blog: www.jeffschult.com<http://www.jeffschult.com> Author, Beauty from Afar www.beautyfromafar.com<http://www.beautyfromafar.com> | www.tftb.com<http://www.tftb.com> ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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