Yahoo still lists such groups as resources for moderators who have not found what they needed in Yahoo's Help pages. Below are the four oldest and largest, though they are not the only ones:
They are the survivors of what was called the big five in a [post at GMF], which surveyed their characteristics in 2009 thusly:
- GMF is the only Group with public archives and public Links that allow everyone to view messages without the need to join as a member (anyone can use the RSS button to get regular delivery of messages).
- GMF is the only Group where email attachments are permitted.
- GMF is the only Group where every single member (including managers) is moderated (other Groups are heavily moderating "new" members).
- GMF is the only Group I am aware of that openly allows discussion of what is happening in other specific mod Groups.
- GMF is the only Group that allows members to hide their email address.
-YGOG and GMF are the only Groups that allow unlimited access to all Group features such as Links, Files, Photos and Databases (GMF does not offer Polls because Yahoo Groups software does not allow it).
- YGOG is the only Group that allows members to run their own Polls
- YGOG requires that those who join must prove that they are Yahoo Groups moderators
- List Help does not allow anyone to cross-post messages.
- ELM specialize in issues regarding list management be it Yahoo, Google, and other listservs it started out as a Group with public archives but changed to a members-only Group later.
- YGOG is the biggest Group (in terms of members and messages)
- ELM is the oldest Group (founded Jun 9, 1998)
- FEM is the least moderated of the 5.
And that last one has apparently not survived.
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