Posted by Katy on December 14, 2003 at 08:03 [217.205.241.187]
In Reply to: Re: bulgingpanties_2 group bites the dust! posted by Luke on December 13, 2003 at 16:32
The reason a lot of Yahoo groups from the "adult" section seem to get deleted is pretty much because they become a victim of their own success.
Yahoo groups are free because they are ad supported, and when the subject of your group is a fetish that a lot of people are disgusted by, it makes the advertisers uncomfortable when their banners appear on the same page.
Adult groups with a huge number of members are gonna draw the attention of the people in control and ultimately they have to kiss the ass of the advertisers - so the group mysteriously disappears.
Lots of people think that poop and pee groups get deleted cos of the content but thats bullshit. Yahoo offer and "adult" section, with "fetish" and "adult baby" sub-catagories so they are obviouisly prepared to host that kind of material. There's nothing you can do about it tho, cos in order to set up a group you have to tick a box that says you accept that Yahoo reserve the right to delete your group/account for no reason, without any warning.
I wouldn't go as far as to say Yahoo are "sick fascists", but as a fucking massive corporation their motive behind giving people free groups is to make money when the members click the advertisers' banners.
I'm not sayin' I'm on their side, when my 2 groups got deleted I was devestated. In the end tho, you gotta remember that anything "free" is always gonna mean you have to suck corporate cock, LOL!!! Life sux!!