--- In acwmb@yahoogroups.com, Ann Anderson <tagate@...> wrote:
>
> Hi all
> I have one's own site on the American civil war and it is a topic
that interests
> me very much.
> My site you can find at http://www.factasy.com/civil_war/index.shtml
> Ann
>
> You can see a list of my groups on Grouply at the link below. Maybe
you'll find
> some you want to join.
>
> Ann
>
> Here's the link:
> http://www.grouply.com/register.php?tmg=412029&vt=
>
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> This message was posted by a fellow group member who uses Grouply
instead of
> email to access this group. Grouply blocks additional invitations
from being
> sent to this group by anyone for 30 days. Group owners can
permanently block
> future invitations. For more on how Grouply maintains privacy and
protects you,
> see http://blog.grouply.com/protect/ .
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
from another e-list
Just an FYI for anyone who might get an email from this thing...
Forwarded from some of my other Yahoo Groups:
Fair warning to anyone using Yahoo Groups:
Do NOT join a group called Grouply!
It is not technically a scam, as they inform you upfront that they may
share your information with other parties, but most folks disregard
that sort of thing as typical small print legalese, if they read it at
all.
Grouply allegedly sells email addresses to spammers.
Further...
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080209214049AAtha6M
"What many people seem to be missing about this whole Grouply thing is
that the archives of Yahoo groups can be made available to the public
through the individuals members sharing them within Grouply. Does not
matter at all if a group is set so that only members can access
archives, if a group member makes it available on Grouply, it's
available to anyone and everyone through that website.
The other problem is the obvious concerns about having to give up
Yahoo IDs and passwords in order to participate in Grouply. Even worse
is that since having so many Yahoo group owners scream FOUL over the
fact that their groups can be copied to anyone with a Grouply
membership without the permission of the group or its owner, Grouply
decided to do an "opt-out" option. Group owners never "opted in", and
in order to opt out a group you have to join Grouply. Yeah, there's a
good idea - give your Yahoo ID and password to this group, which
effectively could give them access and control of your group
administration features.
It is against the TOS of Yahoo to transmit post content to other
websites without the permission of ALL the members of a group. Of
course anyone can save messages in their email clients, be that online
or offline, but the problem with Grouply is that these saved messages
will be made available to any other members in the user's social
circle - even if they are not members of the Yahoo group. Very much a
FOUL. And these Grouply people are just using all of us that are
trying to maintain our groups as beta testers. That's completely
unprofessional.
Grouply has also crossed a lot of lines with trademark violations of
the Freecycle ™ Network. From what I have seen of the CEO's posts, he
comes across as arrogant and thinks that the rest of us are too stupid
to see what a great service his Grouply is. It's horrible. I hope it
goes away soon."
(From Yahoo! Answers, Can Yahoo Protect Us From Grouply? Best Answer -
Chosen by Voters, posted by NotFooledByGrouply)
Again, if you're a member of a Yahoo Group, and anyone solicits you to
join grouply, it's not to your benefit to do so. You might even spare
your fellow group members some grief, and share the link to this
article with other groups.
Right now, word among the group mods/owners has spread like wildfire,
and many are starting to tell members who are in Grouply to make a
choice: Opt out of Grouply, or be kicked out of the group. It's gotten
that bad.
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