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Re: Lego Maniac's Webring and Yahoo
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lugnet.publish, lugnet.general
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Mon, 18 Sep 2000 20:34:34 GMT
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In lugnet.publish, Tim Courtney writes:
> If you haven't noticed already, Yahoo has taken over the WebRing
> (http://www.webring.org) system alltogether. It now introduces its
> stripped-down navbar with limitations and advertising integrated, and limits
> management options as well. Those of you who followed my post before about
> moving the ring to Lugnet understand that I want nothing to do with the new
> Yahoo system.
Um, what is the problem, exactly, with Yahoo? As I said before in my reply to
your first note, I wanted to be sure that you weren't jettisoning just because
of an irrational fear of Yahoo. I may have missed your answer to that.
Quoting from: http://dir.webring.yahoo.com/h/newstatus.html
> To clarify some concerns: The SSNB is not required for existing Rings.
> RingMasters are not being asked to replace existing HTML code -- the
> HTML code still functions and Rings are still navigable. Users can join
> existing Rings from the current join pages. RingMasters and new users
> are only required to register for a Yahoo! ID to manage Rings and join
> Rings in the new system.
I have a Yahoo id, it's a very handy thing to have, so I don't see the concern
with having one.
> I am posting this to let everyone know that I am working on plans to have
> the ring 'moved' in a sense over to Lugnet - though details have not been
> finalized yet.
I would be VERY VERY concerned if this move to LUGNET meant that Todd had to do
significant unplanned work and that it changed his priority scheme.
> I've gotten a few emails about the ring and the new Yahoo
> source code, and after getting time to sit down and look at it I am left
> disappointed. I cannot disclose specific ideas brought forth about the new
> format of the ring, but I can tell you that it will in all likelyhood
> fundamentally be changing, but I feel for the better.
If you want my support, anyway, you're going to have to be more forthcoming
with what the issues with WebRing/Yahoo are, and what features you are going to
introduce and what impact on the rest of the LUGNET Plan that will have,
instead of just making vague statements about your disappointment and telling
us that you can't tell us details.
ObDisclosure: I'm a not currently a Yahoo stockholder, but they have made me a
lot of money over the years, mostly because they're good at what they do, IMHO.
++Lar
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Message has 4 Replies:
 | | Re: Lego Maniac's Webring and Yahoo
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| (...) Tim and I talked on the phone a bit last night about some ideas -- and we think we came up with a couple of ring-related implementation ideas which could be quick and easy to implement and not have a negative time impact. I have to talk the (...) (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Lego Maniac's Webring and Yahoo
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| (...) Why, Larry? If Todd adds another Fan-Of-Lego service to LUGNET, how would this detract from LUGNET's value? Or is it strictly Todd's priority scheme you're worried about? (...) Agreed here. Tim, please give us more details. Cheers, - jsproat (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Lego Maniac's Webring and Yahoo
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| (...) Well, quoting from the above, I personally suspect that much of Tim's objections come from "...its stripped-down navbar with limitations and advertising integrated, and [limited] management options as well." For my own case, I will withdraw (...) (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general)
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| If you haven't noticed already, Yahoo has taken over the WebRing ((URL) system alltogether. It now introduces its stripped-down navbar with limitations and advertising integrated, and limits management options as well. Those of you who followed my (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general) !
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