Cav's Place

Yahoo! has apparently decided that profiles need “improvement”, and have subsequently destroyed them. They didn’t ask or even warn the users, they just changed everything and expect people to like it. Of course, as the comments posted on the “official blog” prove, that’s not going to happen.

I won’t go into details since this is not about them, but about how it affects me. The main problem is that I can no longer see when Andra’s on-line. That indicator has been completely removed and, just like everything else, will likely not be public even if it will be reinstated, or at least not until the person specifically chooses it to be so, which she obviously won’t do. Of course it didn’t exactly do me any good to see when she’s on-line since she’s blocking me, but it was the only direct “connection” left. Thank you so fucking much for this one!
But there are other things as well. I had gotten used to checking whether or not Andreea was on-line before logging on, so I wouldn’t log on if I wouldn’t have somebody to talk to. Since that indicator is gone, that’s no longer possible either. They have also removed the “single, not looking” relationship status, which I was rather fond of. Yes, you can pick what you’re looking for and can therefore say you’re not interested in relationships, but it was nicer to have an actual status like that. What’s more, you can’t post direct links in your profile anymore and they have also lost my picture and favorite quote. They say they can recover anything that was lost if you e-mail them to request this, but I won’t bother. And, if all that wasn’t enough, you apparently can’t make your updates or connections visible to everyone even if you want to.

I’m not sure if I’m more angry than hurt or more hurt than angry because of this…