If you read my blog post from last week you’ve heard that we are merging yg-alerts and Moderator Central. Let me provide some details around what this means and why we’re doing it.

What does this mean exactly?
What this means is that we are literally going to change the name of the YG-Alerts group to “Moderator Central” and recreate the Moderator Central you are familiar with on the Groups Beta platform. You will still find all the valuable resources on the new Moderator Central group that you’ve come to know and love and we’ll have a lot more flexibility to add new features based on feedback and suggestions we get from all of you. From the new Moderator Central group you will still be able to access the message boards, the new moderator tours, the Groups team blog, and other all of the other channels that currently exist to exchange ideas and help each other. We are not removing any functionality that currently exists, instead, merging YG-Alerts and Moderator Central will give us the ability to:

- Refresh content on Moderator Central on a regular basis to make it more relevant & timely
- Create one centralized communication channel for moderators
- Open new channels for moderators to share their knowledge & collaborate with each other

Similar to how YG-Alerts is currently set up, only Groups team members will have the ability to post comments and send announcements though the new Moderator Central group. The Groups team will post a summary of all official communications through this new group with a link to the Groups team blog where you will find full details and have the ability to comment.

As mentioned above, once the new Moderator Central group is live, we’ll encourage you to submit your suggestions for what new features you’d like to see in the group and how we can make it more relevant to you.

Similar to how YG-Alerts is currently set up, only Groups team members will have the ability to post comments and send announcements though the new Moderator Central group. The Groups team will post a summary of all official communications through this new group with a link to the Groups team blog where you will find full details and have the ability to comment.

As mentioned above, once the new Moderator Central group is live, we’ll encourage you to submit your suggestions for what new features you’d like to see in the group and how we can make it more relevant to you.

If you aren’t already a member of YG-Alerts (soon to be the new Moderator Central group), I encourage you to become a member so you can stay looped in on all the latest and greatest Yahoo! Groups news.

Thanks!
Jami Heldt
Community Manager