Then there is always the pound sign used at least in the U.S. to indicate weight like 10# (lb.), and we can't forget about the # key on a phone, which is always referred to as the pound key.

Don

Doug, and All,
First, I changed the subject line since someone thought it was inappropriate to be talking about this subject since the title was about Norton. However, I need to point out what I posted was in response to what had been said in that post.

You are correct that IO is not state government and in that sense it is not comparable because IO is not providing a crucial service that is mandated by government. However, I used this as an example to try and make a point, the point being that IO could be in trouble sometime in the future with an organizational structure of only one person.

It seems as though everyone keeps comparing IO to Yahoo to support this organizational structure. Because Yahoo is so bad, allegedly (I must be lucky since I have not had any major problems), the reasoning goes that this organizational structure of IO should not be a focus of concern. Someone in this thread asked how many people are developing or running Yahoo. Who knows? Let's assume, though, that it is just one person, like in IO. If this is true, then we are jumping from a frying pan by leaving Yahoo to another frying pan by going to IO. This is because in this scenario the only reason (although there are probably others such as antiquated systems in Yahoo) IO is better than Yahoo is because the IO individual is much better than the Yahoo individual.

Someone suggested that maybe I need to stay in Yahoo if I have my concerns. I have seriously been thinking that. I had previously brought to the membership of the group that I was thinking of moving to IO and wanted their opinions about this. Unless I learn more from this group to sooth my concerns before I do it, probably in a week or so I will bring the subject up again in the group and lay out the situation and see what their opinion is now. Yahoo may crash, but if it does maybe I can develop my own server discussion group before then. It is a gamble.
Stan


On 3/3/2018 2:57 PM, Douglas Swearingen wrote:

Stan this is in no way comparable to a state government.

If you feel so insecure about Groups.io, then you either need to stay at Yahoo or go elsewhere.

I can pretty much guarantee at some point Yahoo is going to crash and burn. If you want an example, Yahoo photos and message posting was out 3 days last week. Groups.io was down for only 2 hours. Mark does a far superior job to support and meeting owners expectations than does all the many people Yahoo has on staff.

As for me and my group, we are delighted at the support that Mark provides as well as listening to and reacting to owners requests.

Doug

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Jim,

Maybe in North America, but until the internet became widespread I
knew it only as a sharp sign in music notation.

Actually, the sharp sign is a different character, ? versus #.

The octothorp has a long and storied history:


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Maybe in North America, but until the internet became widespread I knew it only
as a sharp sign in music notation. The standard abbreviation for number this
side of the pond was, and still is "no."

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All,

Bruce wrote:

Mark IS groups.io. Perhaps he will weigh into this discussion and let
us know what his continuity plans are, but I doubt it.

Particularly unlikely in that Mark is not a member of this group.

The essential questions Stan is asking can't be answered by any of us "on the outside" with anything other than speculation and hopes.

That said, Mark did touch upon these issues (long ago) publicly in beta and in more detail privately to some who had asked. But that was some years ago and some things have changed quite a bit (like the number of groups and users at Groups.io). So maybe it is time for someone to ask Mark directly.

But because he's not a member you can't do that here.

But we've strayed pretty far from the subject line, haven't we?

Yes, yes we have.

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One try.

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" This is an important one to me, but I am very hesitant to bring it over and delete the Yahoo group because there never has been any answer to this one member's question of whether there are any contingency plans to keep IO going."

Have you ever got an answer to that same question from Yahoo?

Don

I just discovered I had not clicked on 'Update Account Profile.' When I did that, it worked.
Stan

Duane,
I clicked on Account, then Identity. The image of Arnold was still there. I clicked on Remove. It disappeared but then when I go back out of the page and go back into Identity it reappears. What am I doing wrong?
Stan

How many people are developing and running the essential functions at Yahoo?

Drew

I seem to recall that in Yahoo groups the invitations expired after some amount of time (30 days?). Do invitations for Groups.io groups expire after a particular amount of time or are they good until canceled? I suspect that most invitations that aren't responded to within a day or so can be assumed to be either lost or deleted, but I have had people respond to an invitation as long as 28 days after it was sent.

Do you resend invitations after they haven't be responded to for a certain amount of time? If so what time period do you think is appropriate? It seems that if there is no response after a few attempts you should just forget about that person. How many tries do you make before giving up?

Jonathan