{"id":4579,"date":"2014-03-18T19:02:59","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T02:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=4579"},"modified":"2014-03-18T19:02:59","modified_gmt":"2014-03-19T02:02:59","slug":"stapleton-moms-yahoo-group-to-kind-of-shut-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=4579","title":{"rendered":"Stapleton Mom\u2019s Yahoo! Group to (Kind Of) Shut Down!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"bigtent\"<\/a>The infamous Stapleton Mom\u2019s Yahoo! Group will be no more. The group will be shutting its preverbal doors after close to a decade of operation in the community. But before people start losing their heads, it\u2019s more of a move than a shut down. \u201cWe are simply changing our format,\u201d said Stapleton Mom\u2019s moderator Cindy Jeurgens. \u201cWe are moving away from the clumsy format on Yahoo! to a more robust, easy to use format on Big Tent.\u201d\nNot surprisingly, the announcement has had mixed reviews. \u201cWe have been a Yahoo! Group forever,\u201d says longtime member Samantha Jones. \u201cI don\u2019t know why it is necessary to change. The current system is fine. Plus, I don\u2019t want to learn a whole new format. I mean, it\u2019s like if you used Windows \u201997 and then suddenly were thrust into Windows XP. Just a totally new system.\u201d\nOther mom members agree. \u201cAside from the fact that the new system may be harder and not easier to use, there are other concerns,\u201d says Kristi Stevens. \u201cThey want to switch over to the new format by March 25th. There are almost 5,000 users on Yahoo! Moms and they need 5,000 people to just pack up and leave? Aside from the whole thing not being necessary, the timing seems very aggressive.\u201d\nSo aggressive that some moms are refusing to leave. \u201cThey may shut the group down, but I am not joining the new group,\u201d says Mandy Gibbs. \u201cI will not budge. I have been on the Yahoo! site forever, and short of a federal court injunction, I am not leaving.\u201d Jeurgens says no one will be forced to leave Yahoo!, but that the moms group in its current format will not be available there. \u201cCertainly, some people could just start up the exact same group,\u201d said Jeurgens. \u201cBut, we have the support of most of the big players, so it won\u2019t be as good as what we will have over at Big Tent.\nSome moms are more supportive of the move. \u201cYou are really just registering on a web site, so not that big of a deal,\u201d says Mariah Lima. \u201cMy guess is that registering on the new site will take three minutes, and learning how to use it will take less than five. So, I think people are making way too big of a deal about it.\u201d Amanda Becker agrees. \u201cI think it is also good to get a fresh start,\u201d says Becker. \u201cThe Yahoo! group has not been short on controversy, so maybe escaping Yahoo! will help us put all of the craziness behind us.\u201d\nIn fact, the Stapleton Moms Yahoo! group has been so well known for its controversy, that Big Tent was reluctant to accept the group originally. CEO Donna Novitsky explains. \u201cAt Big Tent, we are trying to stay above the fray. Of course, we had heard of the Stapleton Moms group and wanted to avoid being associated with them. But after many discussions between the leadership teams, we decided we would take a chance on them.\u201d\nThe Yahoo! moms group expects the move to take place by the goal date of 3\/25. \u201cIn the end, you\u2019re either with us or against us,\u201d says Jeurgens. \u201cAnd I don\u2019t think the Stapleton Moms group is something you want to be against.\u201d\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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