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Jan 10, 2022 · Whatever a person's thoughts about the demise of Yahoo Answers, the fact remains that the internet lost 16 years of questions and answers, making up a huge cache of archived data.
- Matt Milano
- What Yahoo Answers Was Supposed to Be
- What Yahoo Answers Became
- Yahoo Answers and The Internet Afterlife
When Yahoolaunched its question-and-answer platform in 2005, becoming a mainstay of internet comedy wasn't part of the plan. The company billed the service as "a place where people can ask each other questions on any topic, and get answers by sharing facts, opinions and personal experiences." Even so, Yahoo Answers didn't exist for its own sake -- ...
Regardless of what Yahoo Answers was designed to be, it's best known for the surprising and ridiculous questions people asked it. In fact, before news broke of the shutdown, most searches for Yahoo Answers on Google, YouTube and other platforms brought back lists of absurd and amusing ponderings. There are dozens of comedy videos mocking Yahoo Answ...
After May 4, the Yahoo question-and-answer service will go the way of GeoCities. There'll be no official attempts to preserve or archive the service. Unless an outside group takes action, Yahoo Answers' millions of questions -- chaotic, hilarious and sublime -- will be lost to time. Fortunately, this is the internet, where there's always someone ha...
Apr 6, 2021 · Yahoo Answers is just the latest casualty. Yahoo Answers is shutting down after 15 years of offering earnest, harebrained questions and answers that led to memes that’ll last long beyond...
- Luke Winkie
Answer: The Yahoo Answers userbase has been dwindling for years, especially with competitors like Quora and Reddit cutting into those numbers. Instead of paying to continue propping up a dying forum, Yahoo has decided to close Yahoo Answers and reallocate those resources elsewhere. Here’s the notice they sent to users:
Apr 6, 2021 · People used Yahoo Answers to ask weird questions, seek help and make jokes. But the service offered “real human reaction, for better or for worse,” one longtime observer said.
Apr 5, 2021 · You will be able to do this until June 30th, 2021 after which your Yahoo Answers data will be securely deleted and no longer available. The closure of Yahoo Answers will not affect your...
Apr 9, 2021 · Beginning April 20, people won’t be able to post any more questions or answers. Then on May 4, Yahoo Answers will be rendered completely extinct.
