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    James Risius commented  · 

    It is imperative that there be a messaging function that allows for threaded conversation.

    I'm in baseball and basketball leagues that have been running for 20+ years, and I strongly believe that they would not have held together if the main option for communication to the entire league was a chat feature only available on a smartphone. It strips the ability of including needed nuance and makes conversations more reactionary and reduces them to less thoughtful spam behavior.

    We don't want to have to manage using a 3rd party messaging service to supplement a now missing key functionality of Yahoo Fantasy Sports. Even if the plan is to introduce these needed features, it is poor execution to leave use with a gap of time where we are forced to use communication channels that are more difficult to use.

    There needs to be a web-based messaging option that allows for threads/posts that can individually be replied to. There needs to be a way to have multiple conversations happening because that's what happens when you have multiple managers having discussions on rule change suggestions, trade talk, real-life league team talk, offline draft picks, etc.

    The first thing that came up in our baseball league chat when we realized this change was put in place was if there were now better options than Yahoo for a fantasy sports platform.
    We've stuck with Yahoo because of the simple and easy-to-use setup. We favor a league with weekly lineups and transactions that process only once per week as well. The purpose is to allow us to fully participate in the league without having to constantly participate with our time throughout the week. This change of removing the message board I think goes against what my perception of Yahoo Fantasy Sports has always been. Also, it introduces yet another technological creep where if someone wants to participate in something that they enjoy then they must engage in it using a cell phone.

    Personally, I would prefer to not have the Yahoo Fantasy installed on my cell phone at all. I understand the need to develop for it. Heck, I understand that me saying that will make my voice less likely to be listened to since I am basically saying I want to be less engaged and use Yahoo services for less time than the average user. The usage numbers probably show that more people use a smartphone app than the web interface. And I'm assuming that is why things have unfolded as they have. The message board function couldn't be easily made to work in the smartphone app, and usage aka monetization is higher in the app. So scrap the message board entirely.

    Again, I don't want to have to find a different fantasy sports service. Many of my league members will not want to either. But if the product is now clearly inferior in our eyes, there is not a lot of friction keeping us from reacting to this change and the incentive to moving our leagues for what we have seen as a basic functionality for many years.

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