Well, for what it's worth, I did get another email from them on December 21, 2019 which said the following:
Dear Group Moderators and Members,
In recent weeks, we communicated the latest changes to Yahoo Groups and explained how to request a download of any content you’ve previously posted to the platform. Some Groups users asked us for more time, and in response to these requests, we have decided to extend the deadline. Groups users now have until Friday, January 31, 2020 at 11:59pm PST to submit a request for their data.
We have now taken down all user content from the Yahoo Groups website. However, we will continue to accept users’ requests for their data until January 31, 2020, and will ensure these have been fulfilled prior to deleting the data.
For additional support, users can email YahooGroupsEscalations@verizonmedia.com and our team will troubleshoot any issues.
Best, The Yahoo Groups team
That "extend the deadline" link just redirects to a Twitter post, the replies to which are a bunch of people telling them that their shit doesn't work.
I'm not going to bother trying again. I mean, it didn't work the first time, so... *shrug* In the middle of typing this, I just paused and put in another request via the Verizon Dashboard bullshit thing again. Just as it did before, it's telling me "Your download request has been accepted. We will update this section as soon as your data is ready for download." I don't expect it to work any better the second time than it did the first time.
(EDIT) Here's the thing that I'm still not sure of: when you "request your data" do you get everything, or does that mean only the stuff that you posted yourself? Because if it's the latter case, "newkanemagus@yahoo.com" isn't going to be getting more than just a post or two, since "kanemagus@yahoo.com" was lost to the ether due to old-ass password verification failure bullshit because of defunct emails and such. (/EDIT)
And... I just went to check the OW! Yahoo Groups page itself. Everything is gone, as expected. Oh well. *sigh*
Yeah, it's kind of ironic now that likely the only stuff that's still even remotely available and accessible today is the stuff that was posted to actual alt.fan.sailor-moon, rather than to the ML. Google Groups search is probably the best bet for that, shitty and nigh useless as it is now. (At least until Google inevitably pulls a Yahoo [or, you know, pulls a Google] and eventually kills Google Groups entirely.) There are, apparently, other Usenet search/archive things available, but they cost cash money to use, and I, personally, am not that interested in trying to preserve the fucking OtakuWars! to pay for using those. ¬_¬
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Date: 2020-01-01 05:42 pm (UTC)From:Dear Group Moderators and Members,
In recent weeks, we communicated the latest changes to Yahoo Groups and explained how to request a download of any content you’ve previously posted to the platform. Some Groups users asked us for more time, and in response to these requests, we have decided to extend the deadline. Groups users now have until Friday, January 31, 2020 at 11:59pm PST to submit a request for their data.
We have now taken down all user content from the Yahoo Groups website. However, we will continue to accept users’ requests for their data until January 31, 2020, and will ensure these have been fulfilled prior to deleting the data.
For additional support, users can email YahooGroupsEscalations@verizonmedia.com and our team will troubleshoot any issues.
Best,
The Yahoo Groups team
That "extend the deadline" link just redirects to a Twitter post, the replies to which are a bunch of people telling them that their shit doesn't work.
I'm not going to bother trying again. I mean, it didn't work the first time, so... *shrug*In the middle of typing this, I just paused and put in another request via the Verizon Dashboard bullshit thing again. Just as it did before, it's telling me "Your download request has been accepted. We will update this section as soon as your data is ready for download." I don't expect it to work any better the second time than it did the first time.(EDIT) Here's the thing that I'm still not sure of: when you "request your data" do you get everything, or does that mean only the stuff that you posted yourself? Because if it's the latter case, "newkanemagus@yahoo.com" isn't going to be getting more than just a post or two, since "kanemagus@yahoo.com" was lost to the ether due to old-ass password verification failure bullshit because of defunct emails and such. (/EDIT)
And... I just went to check the OW! Yahoo Groups page itself. Everything is gone, as expected. Oh well. *sigh*
Yeah, it's kind of ironic now that likely the only stuff that's still even remotely available and accessible today is the stuff that was posted to actual alt.fan.sailor-moon, rather than to the ML. Google Groups search is probably the best bet for that, shitty and nigh useless as it is now. (At least until Google inevitably pulls a Yahoo [or, you know, pulls a Google] and eventually kills Google Groups entirely.) There are, apparently, other Usenet search/archive things available, but they cost cash money to use, and I, personally, am not that interested in trying to preserve the fucking OtakuWars! to pay for using those. ¬_¬