[va-bird] No Yahoo, please

Va Birders

I had planned to stay out of this discussion because I understand so little about the technology, but Yahoo is my least favorite option for a listserve and I really hope Va-bird doesn't end up there. Yahoo apparently engages in some dubious practices regarding privacy, e.g. cookies and web beacons. I couldn't find the article that alerted me to this, but these are links from the article.

http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/adservers/details.html

http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/beacons/details.html

I don't know what a web beacon is and I'm not going to spend one second figuring it out. Nor am I going to try to opt out of every new trick they come up with. I'm just not going to register with Yahoo, ever.

I've been to dozens of listserves and archives over the last few years and Yahoo is the only one, as I recall, that has messages surrounded by ads; flashing, irritating, obnoxious ads. No thanks.

Now, if anyone finds a Buff-breasted Sandpiper I'd appreciate it if you'd post to Va-bird right away :-)

Good birding, let's hope some new fall vagrants show up!

John Fox
Arlington





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