Goaaaal! Share Your Passion For Your Team From Yahoo!7 Mail
June 5th, 2010 Add comment
The start of the world’s biggest sporting event – the FIFA World Cup — is just around the corner and the world is buzzing, rivalries are renewing, and even the smack talk has begun. Starting today on Yahoo!7 Mail, you can easily share your passion for your team. Go on, let your Yahoo!7 and Facebook friends know who you are shouting for!
Here’s how it works. Starting today, you will see a flag icon in the status area – the flag is based on the regional version and language of Yahoo! Mail that you use – If you have a Yahoo!7 Mail account, you will see the Australian flag.
By clicking on the flag, Yahoo!7 Mail will auto-fill your status message with a short phrase of support for that country.
Like any status message, you can customise it to your liking – most importantly, you can change the country you are rooting for by clicking on the drop-down arrow next to the flag. Once you do so, you can see the full list of countries that are participating. Click on the country you support and a suggested status message will populate just like before.
Once you click “Share”, your message will be broadcast to people who view your Updates on Yahoo!7. What’s even better is that you can also share your passion to your Facebook friends by clicking “Add Facebook” and linking your account (and there are many, many, many other benefits of linking your accounts). Sharing on Yahoo!7 and Facebook definitely gets the conversation going, even if everyone doesn’t always agree…
Share your passion for your team and don’t forget to check out the sweet smorgasbord of World Cup activities across Yahoo!7, sure to satisfy even the most ardent of fans.
Who are you shouting for in South Africa? (Tasla’s comment: Brazil and Australia, of course!)
Cheers,
Tasla – Yahoo!7 Mail team
Note: This post was written by Rick Pal, from the Yahoo! Mail Product Management group in the US. I have “localised” it by including screen shots from my Yahoo!7 Mail account to make it easier for users to learn how to use this feature. 
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