Welcome to the Profiles News Blog!
Welcome to the Profiles News Blog! Think of this blog as your go-to-place for all things profiles related: enhancements, tutorials, and so much more.
We’ll use this blog to communicate the most recent updates and information about profiles, as well as provide you with a few tips and tricks to make your profile experience the best it can be.
Your profile is all about you-your connections, your updates, your privacy settings, your life. We want to help you better connect with the people that matter to you in the easiest way possible, whether it’s sharing your recent updates or connecting with people from your address book- we’re here to help.
So be sure to add this blog to your My Yahoo! page, RSS feed, or subscribe via email. No matter how you subscribe, be sure to stop by often and let us know how we’re doing by leaving a comment.
I know it goes without saying, but while you’re here, try to stay on topic- share your comments, questions, suggestions on your new Yahoo! profile, but remember to be courteous and constructive, and steer clear from any profanity, racial slurs, or anything that would offend others.
Thanks again for stopping by! Be sure to check back soon for details on getting started with your new profile, including: how to maximize your experience, as well as cool tricks and tips while using your profile.
Talk to you soon!
Melissa Daniels
Yahoo! Community Manager
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October 16th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
why the change in the Profile Layout? It sure doesn’t seem to post much information.
October 16th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
I liked my profile the way it was. I want my old profile back. I worked hard to get it the way I wanted it. I should have been given the option of using the new profile set up or not. I have been displeased with Yahoo ever since yall changed the photos to Flikr, but I hung on anyway. Its no wonder I do not use Messenger or the chat rooms as much as I used to. Yahoo has pretty much stripped all the fun out of its self. You took away my old profile. with no notice, I had things there I did not get a chance to copy, my link to my photos for the flickr was there. Now I have to figure out how to get back there,, thanks.. that was soo thought full of you, and so considerate. Have you ever heard the old saying, “Ifts not broke, DONT fix it”? My profile was not broken, I did not need anyone to fix it. I am really becoming to believe going back to AOL full time is my best bet. thanks but no thanks to the not cool proflie. I will not use it. I did not use 360, I wont use this one. you wanted a positive posting, unfortunately I do not feel positive about anything Yahoo right now. and I have not for an extremely long time.
October 16th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
cbat I DO NOT LIKE THIS NEW ONE.I LIKE THE OLD PROFILE BACK
PLEASE RETURN TO THE OLD PROFILE BACK
October 17th, 2008 at 8:30 am
what is going on this is rediculous
October 17th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
This new profile is terrible! Go back to the old one. Leave things alone! Hell! took me 30 minutes just to figure out how to add to this blog and it still is not right. It was working perfectly leave it alone. What is it with you guys? Having to justify your jobs, so you change everything?
October 19th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
i agree i don’t like the new profile i liked the old one.go back to the old profile.
January 29th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
yea i think the same way. i dont like this bnew profile stuff. i want the old profile back as soon as possible. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE.
October 25th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
Amen - this rude unannounced privacy invading ‘enhancement’ of profiles is my last straw with yahoo. I have opened a gmail acount, notified those in my contact list I care about of it, and am about to delete my yahoo account which is the only thing I believe yahoo will listen to since nothing in this blog shows anything but uncaring about what people want. You blew it bad yahoo.
For those that wish the link to deleting your account here it is.
https://edit.yahoo.com/config/delete_user
January 7th, 2009 at 11:43 am
hey thanks for the message it does works;]
and i really like it.
October 16th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
I LIKE THE OLD SETTING OR PROFILE
October 19th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
i agree
October 16th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
eeek…. i hate this new design ..give me back my old profile!!! grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..
October 23rd, 2008 at 3:13 pm
agreement with u…..like old profile than new one.. so can more read old profiles and new one not show things out
October 17th, 2008 at 2:22 am
I agree. Yahoo should always ask us first. I like the old profile much better, get to read what one has to say. Had places for links and easy excess. Sometimes new is not always best. Yahoo should listen to their users ans what they have to say and want. Yahoo just sucks, that’s all.
October 17th, 2008 at 3:27 am
YES,,,,I think yahoo should ALWAYS,,ASK US USERS FIRST…before making any changes,,just like they did with our yahoo mail box….it is like the old saying goes……IF IT ISN”T BROKEN.,…DON”T FIX IT……PUT THINGS BACK THE WAY THEY WERE YAHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 17th, 2008 at 7:23 am
AMEN!!
October 17th, 2008 at 9:37 am
It’s change for the sake of change. Too confusing how to get the “UNDERSIZED” photo in profile and no member date.
October 17th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
This format stinks!. When it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
October 25th, 2008 at 11:10 am
I agree, Mike. It really sucks.
October 17th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
YOU SO RIGHT WHAT ABOUT ALL FRIENDS WHAT HAPPIN TO ALL THEM
October 17th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
I’ve been using Yahoo Messenger since 1999. I don’t like the profile change because i have different friends under different aliases. I see no reason for me to continue using Yahoo at all unless profiles are changed back to the way they were.
October 17th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
I agree. This new one is the pits.
October 19th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
Hello Raven,
I completely agree with everything you said regarding this what I call a corporate social change rather than a community for social change. Although change is overall good in many aspects, such change should come with communication and then compliance, as we have seen that there was never any slow transition nor options provided to make changes. YB360 was one ‘beta’ measurement that (still to this day) never gained traction and took off - one large failed attempt at expanding personalized social networks within an organization. Such “betas” need to experimented on more of a small scale of volunteers’ and not the entire community of account holders. It took many many years for people to even get accustomed to the [former] Yahoo profile accounts; however, with more social capabilities made available by other companies, it won’t take long for many dissatisfied customers to opt their social selections elsewhere.
October 21st, 2008 at 7:51 am
I agree. If you were going to clobber all our profiles, why do we have to do all the works to update them? Why couldn’t the old info be put in the new profile format?
I don’t like j=having to re-invent the wheel because someone screwed with something that was already working. It was bad enough that photos were gone for about a year, we just are now able to update them. Now you are messing with us another way.
October 22nd, 2008 at 6:42 am
i am with you!!!!!
what we have to do to have our old profile???????
Please help me!
October 16th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
Melissa,
When a man is running along……he is making progress, when he runs too far too fast……..he is bound to run off a cliff. I think that Yahoo!! needs to stop fixing what isn’t broken. All the messenger updates over the years, the constant revamping of the homepages..emails…..messengers……..its all so overwhelming. I know that Yahoo!1 is attemting to improve the user expereince……….but wait……….I have a novel idea………lets ask the users what they want. Earth shattering idea I know.
In ten years I have seen alot of changes…..some okay….most far from it. As the changes grow and time goes on………and the lack of response from Yahoo!! when I do ask questions, is more the reason that I, like alot of your users, have migrated to others. The “improvement” is anything but one. And yes, I am versed in the pitch……” there will be a bit of resistance at first, but most will come around”. Problem is……..use it too much and pretty soon people stop coming around and gravitate to what it comfortable…..MY advice……….Stop trying to emulate Microsoft and adding pretty things and bells and whistles to a Cadillac.Sometimes good and reliable are better staying that way, only they need a new rims or a new color once in a while.
As for me, I would rather have what I know……..what I am comfortable with and not have the constant ” improvements” forced on me every time someone has an idea about what I want……what I like. Ask me once will ya………….
October 17th, 2008 at 4:24 am
Well said…..
Covering almost every aspect of scenerio, about human nature, their convinience, their expectation, and about their getting used to certain things in life. A human factor which almost everyone overlook, in zeal of exhibiting their creativeness, in name of Improvisation. Cant undermine the importance of Improvisation, but then why people forget about the time and energy, others have put into it as well to make it a Success. The efforts others have put in to built up their profile during the period, goes all into waste. At least the same may have been restored here, into this new avatar of Yahoo.
“Improvisation” maybe elaborated as advancement in the present scenerio, with additional looks and priveleges incorporated ….. and not advancement where everyone have to start back from scratch.
October 17th, 2008 at 7:17 am
I really dont like these new profiles. I cant see anyones information beyond their name and they cant see any of my info. I took the time to complete the profile so whats the point to this new one that shows nothing???…Its bad enough we have to go through the new drawn out log in procedure just to enter a chat room…cant we at least have our old profiles back? What is the point to having a profile that nobody can see?
October 18th, 2008 at 7:30 am
Yes, I’m wondering if all of the contents of the profiles have been wiped out. I can’t find anything about it in Yahoo Help, Questions, or here for that matter.
October 17th, 2008 at 7:58 am
Here’s what we should do…just go make a nice profile page on livejournal, and post it here..lol. To hell with yahoos pathetic attempts to keep up with other sites that kick butt!! Advertise your profiles here..livejournal has an awesome set up..much better than the old yahoo profiles and the stupid 360 set ups!!
October 17th, 2008 at 7:59 am
GREAT IDEA!!! LOLOL!
October 17th, 2008 at 10:58 am
Great! Now the groups owners cann’t check the profile of applicants. Yahoo does it best to dissappoint us with new stuff that isn’t better than what we already have. It just new.
October 20th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
The new profiles do not include the date the profile was created. This was a vital bit of info for group owners who are vetting to keep out trolls and spammers. Please include the date the profile was created for all profiles.
October 17th, 2008 at 11:46 am
Put the profiles back the way they were!!!!! I can’t see any of my friends profiles and can’t hardly remember all the things i had on mine to replace them!
October 17th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Paul,
If you go through the new account flow/creation you should see all of your old profile data, right where it belongs– in your new profile.
To do this, go here: http://profiles.yahoo.com/ ; you will be prompted to go through the New User Experience and able to import your information to your new profile.
-Melissa
October 17th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
Melissa you guys do not have any search functions for the member directory. This new setup is ridiculous and not at all user friendly. People post their profiles so that they can be contacted as well as contact other people of like interests. I am totally turned off by what yahoo is doing with its users.
October 17th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Why should we have to go thru all that dickdance? Just give us back what we already had!
October 17th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
What?! I went through that process and it didn’t even give me the option to do that. You lie, Malissa!
October 17th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
I have Alias profiles and I can’t edit them anymore. How do I change them? I go into the Account settings and go into Edit Alias profiles, but it only gives me to the option to add or delete. When I try to see them, they don’t have any information they used to have. This is Anti-Woot!
October 17th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
Thanks, Melissa. The process worked very smoothly, effortlessly. I like it so far.
October 29th, 2008 at 4:10 am
The sad thing is that even with all of the comments made by everyone here, THERE WILL BE NO CHANGES!!!
These people have NO INTENTION of listening to any of the comments made by any of the people here!!!
They did not ask anyone before they made the change and HAVE NO INTENTION OF CORRECTING THEIR SCREW UP!!!
IF THEY TRULY WERE LISTENING TO OUR COMMENTS THEY WOULD HAVE ALREADY CHANGED THINGS BACK TO THE WAY THEY WERE.
THEY DO NOT CARE!!!
DO YOU NOT GET IT PEOPLE? THEY DO NOT CARE!!!
THEY ARE GOING TO DO WHAT THEY WANT ON THEIR SITE AND DO NOT CARE WHAT ANY OF US HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT, IT IS THAT PLAIN AND SIMPLE. ALL COMMENTS ARE FALLING ON DEAF EARS.
YOU CANNOT GET ANYONE TO LISTEN WHEN THEY HAVE ALREADY MADE UP THEIR MINDS THAT THE GARBAGE THEY HAVE GIVEN US IS WHAT WE WILL HAVE TO PUT UP WITH.
FREE IS FREE, WE HAVE TO PUT UP WITH IT. THEY DO NOT WANT TO NOT WANT TO LISTEN TO THE END USER. SO ALL COMMENTS ARE MUTE.
November 2nd, 2008 at 12:10 am
My profile is in Mandarin Chinese (as my Singaporean friend confirmed), but I only speak English and originally set-up my profiles in English. I wrote to Yahoo customer care about two weeks ago but never received a resolution. This is frustrating and confusing.
November 22nd, 2008 at 7:46 pm
I didn’t realize this when I posted the original message, but I used my full name and now it’s searchable on Yahoo. YIKES!!! I’m a victim of identity theft and need it removed. Melissa - please help!! Thanks.
November 23rd, 2008 at 4:32 am
Paul
this sux first you mess with yahoo messenger.
Now it sux too!.
Apparently you do not get it we liked it the way it was!.
I get my 360 looking the way “i want!.”
U stopped by and messed thing’s up for all of us.
The way you have things set up it it sux,…
UN do it, or you will loose your customer base!. Its that simple.
Leave yahoo messenger alone too.
~If its not broken don’t fix it!. ~
Geez
October 17th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
What a mess ! I cant even see the most basic details about anyone at all - sure entices conversations - NOT !!
What the use of a profile if no one else other than my freinds can see it - USELESS!
Sorry Yahoo you’ve just ruined it it for me and probably everyone else.
October 17th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
I would like my old profile back as all my friends know me by the old one.Please give me back my old profile ..thank you
October 17th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
how do you call this a profile blog when you’ve deleted all the profiles and don’t talk about it?
October 18th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
I’m so sick of people redsigning things that work perfectly well the way they are. I attribute this to people needing to appear busy at work just to keep their jobs. To look good to the boss. They don’t seem to care if they inconvience the user.
In my job, I see this all the time. Engineers redesign something that’s worked fine for years and mess it up producing problems that weren’t there before.
If you want to improve Yahoo, hire live moderators for the game rooms.
That would keep people busy so they don’t invent things to make our lives more difficult.
October 19th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Agree. I have people wanting to join my groups and I can’t even see when they got their yahoo ID.
The things you said you were giving us (user friendly photo album usage and larger album space) never came.
Concentrate on things that help…I do no advantage to the profile changes. Thanks Bill
October 21st, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Let me add MY irritation to most ALL of the other comments! This new set up is HORRIBLE…As a group moderator, HOW do I look at profiles of ‘potential’ new members so I can decide if I want to let them in or not? YOU promise response to requests for help in 24 hours…I have been waiting FOUR days to my queries and no response….Please return things the way they were!
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:26 am
READ DIRECTIONS people! You have the choice to make all your information public or private. Once again….READ DIRECTIONS and quit bitching about a much better profile option we’ve been given completely FREE.
October 24th, 2008 at 10:45 am
MELISSA,
I HAVE TO AGREE WITH THE MAJORITY YOU GUESS MADE A BAD MISTAKE IN CHANGING THE PROFILES. ESPECIALLY WITHOUT CONSULTING WITH THE USERS LIKE YOU USUALLY DO TO SEE IF IT WILL BE LIKED AND USED. YAHOO WILL PROBABLY LOSE A LOT OF ITS PARTICIPANTS NOW.
IF YOU WERE TRYING TO AVOID FAKE ALIAS FROM COMMUNICATING WITHOUT BEING IDENTIFIED AS THE SAME MAIN USER, YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE IT ANOTHER WAY WITHOUT HAVING TO CHANGE THE WHOLE PROFILE LAYOUT
October 25th, 2008 at 4:35 am
I do not like the useless change either. Besides, I do not understand why once a Yahoo Account terminated the corresponding profile is still there…….Do we have to worry more about our privacy despite the fact that much less information seems to be posted in the new format?????
Thank you.
October 16th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
The new profile system is basically a stripped down version of Mash that has been pre-populated with information from my 360 page. One thing I really did not like about Mash…no blog. I miss having a reliable blog..
You should really add My Yahoo as one of the tabs across the top of the new profile page in addtion to the Contacts and Updates tabs.
October 16th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
It appears that every Yahoo profile needs remaking. Even having dont so all I see is a message saying OOPs… OOPs is right, so far so not very good Yahoo. Some groups require full profiles for membership and this new debacle has just made hundreds if not thousands of memberships potentially null and void.
October 16th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
I do not like the new profile page. It is a big waste of a persons time to go check out another person’s profile
Tim
October 16th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
How do i get my pictures back on my profile, yahoo took em off and some can’t be replaced…why do you guys have to mess it up?Half the fun of chatting was the profile pics we had…plz quit messing with my profiles
October 16th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Curious How do you upload a picture to your profile?
October 16th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Hi Rae,
Once you’re logged into your profile, click on the “Change Photo” link (should show up under the “Update my status” link in the top portion of your profile page). From here, you’ll have the option of adding a photo or updating your avatar.
-Melissa
October 16th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Thanks Melissa
October 16th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
this is crap! Why did you change my profile? why do my multiple profiles all have the same info on them? where is my profile pics? Why was this done? yahoo sucks!