TurboCowboy Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 I've been commissioner of our league for over 10 years. Around 5 years ago, Yahoo began censoring our league posts in our private league. Any foul language, any language whatsoever, that sounded slightly derogatory of other teams, or was in any way caught by whoever is reading our posts, was simply deleted. Yahoo would delete our posts regularly. That practice stopped a few years ago, but it's reared its ugly head again! Today, even after missing the playoffs with the second highest scoring team (I'm bitter), I took the time to write out a ridiculously funny post for the lucky guys who made the playoffs and the post was up for about 45 minutes. I texted everyone to let them know. Now, the post is gone and in its place is a blank post with this: "A Yahoo! User ()" I recall that we speculated that they had people reading all private posts and deleting anything that was off color in any way, shape or form because the guys in my league weren't posting profanity. It was just wild and silly stuff that helps make fantasy football fun. Anyone else experience this censorship by Yahoo? I've had it with Yahoo and think it's time for monumental changes in our league. Next year I'll consider CBS, ESPN, and others so long as they won't censor our private league's posts. Thoughts? Experiences? I'd appreciate your input! Thanks!!! SIDE NOTE: Yahoo has been a text book case of one of the most poorly managed companies in the world. They have continually made terrible management decisions and will continue to fall from their once lofty position as a dominant internet company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Billy Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 (edited) It's their site. They can monitor it as they please. If you don't like it, there are plenty of alternatives - use one of them. FWIW - I am eternally grateful that David and Whitney allow lockerroom banter and some passionate discussion here. Except for that burritoing language filter... Edited December 8, 2011 by Bronco Billy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMD Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 The sad thing is I now have a burning desire to censor his post just to censor it. Must... resist... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Billy Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 The sad thing is I now have a burning desire to censor his post just to censor it. Must... resist... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lippy225 Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 I've been commissioner for a CBS league and while expensive, they have never messed with any posts/stories. If they had, there might not have been a single email or news story posted in my league! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboCowboy Posted December 8, 2011 Author Share Posted December 8, 2011 I've been commissioner for a CBS league and while expensive, they have never messed with any posts/stories. If they had, there might not have been a single email or news story posted in my league! Thanks Lippy for a thoughtful reply. We learned not to use curse words and we complied. My last post was tongue and cheek silly humor that somebody, probably half way across the world, found offensive for no reason other than probably not having a full grasp of our culture and the english language. CBS will be considered next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theeohiostate Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 you get what you pay for oh snap ! I forgot u didn't have to pay anything well, so much for that argument Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazinib1 Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Thats weird. I'm in a yahoo league with some friends back east and none of my posts have been deleted. And believe you me, my drunken posts are...shall we say....explicit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historymike Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 (edited) Agreed with tazinib1: I am in one Yahoo!-based league where some owners try to outdo each other with some of the most vile, over-the-top idiocy you can imagine, usually involving such motifs as mothers and obscene sexual situations. Never a problem with censorship. Perhaps someone in the league is a closet tattletale and is marking posts for removal? Edited December 8, 2011 by historymike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Billy Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Thats weird. I'm in a yahoo league with some friends back east and none of my posts have been deleted. And believe you me, my drunken posts are...shall we say....explicit? That's because your drunken posts don't even remotely ressemble the English languge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazinib1 Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 That's because your drunken posts don't even remotely ressemble the English languge. Touche Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboCowboy Posted December 8, 2011 Author Share Posted December 8, 2011 Agreed with tazinib1: I am in one Yahoo!-based league where some owners try to outdo each other with some of the most vile, over-the-top idiocy you can imagine, usually involving such motifs as mothers and obscene sexual situations. Never a problem with censorship. Perhaps someone in the league is a closet tattletale and is marking posts for removal? Wow. That's an interesting point. I figured this was something that was happening all over yahoo but maybe you're right. Is there some freak among my friends who tattles to yahoo about posts? I highly doubt it. I can't imagine any of my very close friends being that way, but it's always that quiet guy who lives next door who's the utter freak of nature... lol . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Touche Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmarin189 Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 I am in a league through Yahoo! and we have said and can say anything we'd like with no issues on our board posts. My team name even refers to FUPA's... I have another issue with Yahoo though and maybe some of you can help. I suspect my league commissioner of switching out Benson for Jacobs in his flex last week after the 4:15 games went off. He beat a friend of mine by 5 points and got into the playoffs thanks to that move. Any commissioners out here know if you can do that and if you can wouldn't that show up in the transaction log for the league to see? Thanks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrab Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 I am in a league through Yahoo! and we have said and can say anything we'd like with no issues on our board posts. My team name even refers to FUPA's... I have another issue with Yahoo though and maybe some of you can help. I suspect my league commissioner of switching out Benson for Jacobs in his flex last week after the 4:15 games went off. He beat a friend of mine by 5 points and got into the playoffs thanks to that move. Any commissioners out here know if you can do that and if you can wouldn't that show up in the transaction log for the league to see? Thanks... I don't know about Yahoo but on CBS it would show in the transaction log, unless the commissioner deleted that transaction from the log. Not sure if Yahoo has that ability or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Billy Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 I suspect my league commissioner of switching out Benson for Jacobs in his flex last week after the 4:15 games went off. He beat a friend of mine by 5 points and got into the playoffs thanks to that move. Any commissioners out here know if you can do that and if you can wouldn't that show up in the transaction log for the league to see? Thanks... Even if you can't prove this, if you seriously suspect your commish of this kind of action, you need to get out of this league before next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodside Warriors Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Here's some stuff on the Yahoo Hall of fame wall of smack talk. "Your fantasy team reminds me of your mom, easy on the eyes and real quick to go down." - I like this one. "Your gettn' passed up like a school girl in the penn st. locker room!!!!" - pedophilia seems to be something worth deleting but they have it proudly posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmarin189 Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Even if you can't prove this, if you seriously suspect your commish of this kind of action, you need to get out of this league before next year. I agree. $100 could be spent better at the casino. I just assumed that kind of moved would be logged for all to see. Guess I am wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodside Warriors Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 I don't know about Yahoo but on CBS it would show in the transaction log, unless the commissioner deleted that transaction from the log. Not sure if Yahoo has that ability or not. This is correct. I'm a commish in yahoo league and anytime I've changed someone's roster after a game starts it will show on the transaction report. It happened because the Yahoo football app for I-Phones Stinks and I got calls from 4 managers in the 2nd week regarding changes that didn't work. The transactions are time stamped so they know when the change was made. I have the texts from the owners mentioned so the other owners were cool with the changes. They were all made within 10 minutes after kickoff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grogansghost Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 (edited) I've been in a Yahoo! league and we've never had anything censored. I don't see what Yahoo would stand to gain by censoring posts on a private message board. They have countless pages that the general public gets to see and comment on - that's what they're worried about. Whereas you're paying to be in a private league of around 11 people with an expectation of privacy. To me, there's no real threat to Yahoo if there's bad language on your private message board, but a lot to lose for them if they develop the reputation of a "big brother" censoring type of company. What do they gain? It's either a glitch, or someone's reporting the posts. As an experiment - I'm going to go post a nasty message in my own league....but it seems unlikely that Yahoo has been engaging in censoring fantasy league message boards and it's never come out before. Edited to add: I just put an inappropriate post on my board full of tacos and burritos with lots of hot sauce. I'll report back if it gets taken down. Edited December 8, 2011 by Grogansghost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrab Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 I've been in a Yahoo! league and we've never had anything censored. I don't see what Yahoo would stand to gain by censoring posts on a private message board. They have countless pages that the general public gets to see and comment on - that's what they're worried about. Whereas you're paying to be in a private league of around 11 people with an expectation of privacy. To me, there's no real threat to Yahoo if there's bad language on your private message board, but a lot to lose for them if they develop the reputation of a "big brother" censoring type of company. What do they gain? It's either a glitch, or someone's reporting the posts. As an experiment - I'm going to go post a nasty message in my own league....but it seems unlikely that Yahoo has been engaging in censoring fantasy league message boards and it's never come out before. Edited to add: I just put an inappropriate post on my board full of tacos and burritos with lots of hot sauce. I'll report back if it gets taken down. Is hot sauce from the word filter too, haven't seen that one before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grogansghost Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Is hot sauce from the word filter too, haven't seen that one before I don't think it is - I just like spicy mexican food. I think the huddle will slowly replace swearing in the real world. if you call someone a dumb taco they still know it's bad. although, I'm not sure what the really bad words would be -- churro? chimichanga? Chile Relleno con quesadilla? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikesVikes Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 I was listening to some Yahoo! sports guy on the radio. Do us a favor and police yourselves Yahoo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrab Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 I don't think it is - I just like spicy mexican food. I think the huddle will slowly replace swearing in the real world. if you call someone a dumb taco they still know it's bad. although, I'm not sure what the really bad words would be -- churro? chimichanga? Chile Relleno con quesadilla? Yet we can still say bag of dicks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delusions of grandeur Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Is hot sauce from the word filter too, haven't seen that one before Let's hope so, because the last thing you want when you're burritoing the taco out of a chick is hot sauce involved.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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