# Dear Yahoo Mail: Stop trying to "improve" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 11, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-yahoo-mail-stop-trying-to-improve/681016 "2014-02-11T00:09:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-yahoo-mail-stop-trying-to-improve/681016/21 "2014-02-12T15:04:43Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > At this point, if you did not already have a yahoo account why would you ever get one with them? I’ve been online snce the days of BBSs and whatnot, and I still haven’t even figured out what Yahoo _is_. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-yahoo-mail-stop-trying-to-improve/681016/22 "2014-02-12T21:29:21Z")
According to Marissa Mayer, it’s now an information service like Prodigy, Compuserve and AOL. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-yahoo-mail-stop-trying-to-improve/681016/23 "2014-02-13T02:03:33Z")
And according to Marissa Meyer, she’s a competent CEO. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-yahoo-mail-stop-trying-to-improve/681016/24 "2014-02-14T14:11:35Z")
How much will her golden parachute be worth when she gets fired? The standard is somewhere around [$4 million per month of work](http://money.cnn.com/2014/01/17/technology/yahoo-golden-parachute/). ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-yahoo-mail-stop-trying-to-improve/681016/25 "2014-02-15T03:54:40Z")
I fully support this rant. ---
**Author:** ![robcaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@robcaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robcaro)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-yahoo-mail-stop-trying-to-improve/681016/26 "2014-03-06T15:49:03Z")
The revamping of my.yahoo was the biggest mistake that Yahoo has ever done. Marissa Mayer has ruined the making of each my.yahoo in the world and many of the my.yahoo users will quit Yahoo. I have used my.yahoo for years and had everything set to my own liking. Now, I no longer have choices of what I like to see in my.yahoo. At least, she should let me keep what I have built and like. Do not force anything on me like I am a dog. Other users feel the same as I do. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-yahoo-mail-stop-trying-to-improve/681016/27 "2014-03-06T16:40:29Z")
Dear Ms. Mayer, Please stop telling me I’m about to activate my Yahoo Profile. I assure you that I am not, and will not— ever— regardless of how many Jedi mind tricks your webmail interface attempts. All the Best, V. Turnip [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-yahoo-mail-stop-trying-to-improve/681016.md?page=1)