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Subject: Re: Yahho's [apparent] decision to drop Adult groups
From: Tim Pierce <twp @ rootsweb . com>
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 13:20:40 -0400
To: Amy Stinson <amys @ amys-answers . com>
Cc: list-managers @ GreatCircle . COM, list-moderators @ list-moderators . com
In-reply-to: <3AD96CBE.1442.6A1E1BE@localhost>; from amys@amys-answers.com on Sun, Apr 15, 2001 at 09:41:18AM -0500
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On Sun, Apr 15, 2001 at 09:41:18AM -0500, Amy Stinson wrote:
> Without a whole heck of a lot of fanfare, Y!groups deleted all the 
> adult groups with the exception of the humor areas.  
> 
> I'm guessing that they checked with their attorneys and found that 
> hosting adult groups without sufficient controls would leave them 
> open for litigation.

I don't think so.  Yahoo also closed all of their adult commerce
areas, which the landsharks could not exactly have been ignorant
of.  I think Chuq is right: their problem was that their already-weak
market cap was threatened by bad press.  I don't see any issues
here specific to list management.




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