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Why can't I join a Yahoo! Group?

Can I ask members of a Yahoo group I belong to to join my new Yahoo group?

  • I am in several groups at Yahoo. I started a group that will let people post links to their web work in order to get feedback on it. Is it kosher to post a message at the groups that I'm at to ask members there if they'd like to join my group? My group will not at all take any members of their groups away; it's quite a different type of group than what the other ones are. I just don't want to get the moderators mad, or get thrown out of the group for poaching. And does anyone have any good tips on how to promote a group? Thanks!

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    most times it's considered spamming and off topic to and you'd certainly would want to get permission prior to posting that in any group or inviting members.

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Its really not the done thing to post links to other groups without the administrators permission whether or not you are looking to recruit members or not. I've had people join my group to do this or they use the invite button which emails all members of the group, my members complain to me as they see it as spam or they get confused as they think I've sent it! Chat to the board admin and 99.9% of the time they will be fully supportive and even help promote it themselves. :) Good luck!

vixykins32

Just ask first the permission of the owner and the moderators of the group. You could also invite your friends to join your new group.

anonymous

Ask permission before posting.Here are some suggestions to grow your group:Start by making your site look sharp. Choose custom colors a good photo and welcoming message. Click edit beside description on your cover page, scroll down and you will find where to do all that. Send an email to all your friends and relatives with the URL pasted in explaining the group and inviting them to join and asking them to forward the message to their friends and relatives asking the same. Periodically post a message asking the members reminding them that new members are always welcome and ask your members for suggestions. Do not allow members access to the member's list, if you do and a member gets annoyed at you they could try and get them to join another group or spam the members Add moderators as your group grows and ask them for more input. HTML links to other sites which are pertinent to your group add color and interest to your cover so add them by pasting the codes in just below your welcome message and email their webmasters asking them to do the same. You can also add a hit counter to your cover page. To find them just do a search for “free hit counters”, there are lots available. Put first posts on moderation that way you won’t get spammers. If a member’s first post is spam, ban them right there and then. also if a member is causing problems ban them fast you don't need the aggravation.One thing to keep in mind it isn’t necessarily the number of members your group has but the participation which makes a group interesting. Good luck, take your time and it will grow,

Riki

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