Working With Yahoo! Updates
| What Is... | Viewing Your Friends’ Updates | Controlling the Updates You See | Viewing Your Own Updates | Controlling the Updates You Share |
What Is Yahoo! Updates
Yahoo! Updates is a service that helps you keep in touch with friends and family. Updates are mini-stories shared between you and your contacts that tell about what you’re doing in Yahoo! and beyond. You determine which Updates you want to share—let your friends know every time you post a photo on Flickr, change your avatar, "Buzz up" a Yahoo! news item, and so much more. And you’ll learn about your friends' latest online activities, too. Updates are just another way Yahoo! helps you keep in touch with your online social circle.
In Yahoo! Messenger, you can see all public Updates from the contacts on your Messenger List as long as are sharing Updates with anyone. If you are connected to a contact and the contact is sharing Updates with connections only, you won’t see these Updates in Messenger. To see connection-only Updates, visit your profile on Yahoo! or Yahoo! Mail.
What’s Next
You can view your friends Updates through the Y! Updates tab or the contact card. The next task shows you how.
Words to Know
- Connection: a person you spend significant time online with and with whom you want to share personal information. Connections have privileged access to each others’ profiles.
- Flickr: a service that allows you to share your digital photos over the Internet.
- Profile: a public web page associated with your Yahoo! ID where you can share personal information with others. You and each of your connections have a profile that others can view.