Control Updates You’re Sharing

The usage of the “Updates” feature is a personal choice really.

Thanks to the “Updates” within Yahoo! Mail, my family and my friends can follow a piece of my actions and discoveries on the Internet (only what I’m willing to share obviously). My entourage can actually keep an eye on a part of my day-to-day online life.It generates discussion between us, that’s cool. But sometimes we don’t want to share some of those things with everyone and some people are just not willing to share anything online. Both choices are understandable and Yahoo! has no intention of dictating your choice.  We allow you to manage what you share and with whom.

The page “Manage Updates” on your Yahoo! Profile lets you control what you’re sharing and with whom.

- Go to your Yahoo! Profile (profiles.yahoo.com)
- On your profile, click on ”Updates” and then Manage My Updates

On this page, you can  control who you’re sharing each type of Update with. For instance, you can decide to share your Flickr pictures only with your “Connections” (friends & family), the article you publish on your blog with everyone and not to share any video you add on YouTube.

It’s just as you wish, you own it all.

You can also access this page using the direct URL:
http://profiles.yahoo.com/settings/updates/

If you don’t want to share any Updates

It’s fairly easy to deactivate them in the Yahoo! Mail’s Options.

- Click on “Options” and then “More Options”
- Deselect “Enable Updates”

Have a great weekend,

Gregory talon
Product Manager