Another misconception out there is that you will be losing all of your archived data. This is absolutely untrue. What seems to have caused some confusion out there is the fact that we plan to make some changes to the Message History grid that has been appearing on the front page of each group. While it is true that our new design won't initially include the History Grid, our product team is working on a bringing a redesigned version of it back shortly.
- Facebook Integration -- Yahoo! has reached an important milestone in its partnership with Facebook. Starting this week, people who use both Yahoo! and Facebook can link their accounts and view and share updates with friends across both networks. People who connect their accounts can consume their Facebook News Feed on the Yahoo! homepage and in Yahoo! Mail and other Yahoo! sites and services. Additionally, people who create and share content on Yahoo! sites - including Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Sports, Flickr, and many Yahoo! entertainment sites, such as omg!, Yahoo! TV, and Yahoo! Movies - can easily share their actions with friends back on Facebook. Additional integrations will be ongoing.
I don't believe anyone, outside of Yahoo, knows FOR SURE!
Read more about upcoming changes here,
<http://www.ygroupsblog.com/blog/?p=807>
and
<http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/press/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=476888>
A preview, possibly, of the new format,
<http://pulse.yahoo.com/> Please don't barf on your screen!!
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HTH,
Pat