Web Q&A platform Yahoo Answers to shut down on May 4
April 06, 2021
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Yahoo Answers, one of the longest-running question and answer websites is shutting down on May 4, 2021, it has announced.
The platform communicated the message to users.
In a notice (via The Berge) that is now displayed above the website, it said, “Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services or your Yahoo account.”
The platform which has been live since 2005 is part of Yahoo, which is owned by Verizon Media Group since 2017 following its sale for nearly $5 billion, as per The Verge.
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San Francisco, April 6 : One of the longest running web Q&A platforms Yahoo Answers, which has been operating since 2005, will shut down permanently on May 4.
Yahoo, which is now part of Verizon Media Group, announced the change at the top of the Yahoo Answers homepage.
The message links to a FAQ, which details the timeline of the shutdown. Starting April 20, the platform will no longer accept new submissions, the FAQ explains, The Verge reported on Monday.
A note sent to active Yahoo Answers members provides a little more detail about why Yahoo is shutting down the platform.
Yahoo Answers to be shut down permanently on May 4th
Yahoo Answers was launched in 2005 and is one of the oldest Q&A platforms on the internet. Yahoo was purchased by Verizon Media Group for nearly $5 billion in 2017.
Credit: Associated Press/Michael Probst Author: Isabel Soisson (FOX43) Updated: 10:14 AM EDT April 6, 2021
SUNNYVALE, Calif. Yahoo Answers announced on April 5 that it will be shutting down forever with a banner on the top of their homepage.
The banner reads: Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.
Sun?
Answer: Well, if they do, it would have to be at night.
That s the kind of nonsense discussion that will go missing from our computer screens when Yahoo s 16-year-old question-and-answer platform Yahoo Answers
May 4.
For now, there are two weeks left before it turns into a read-only website on Tuesday, April 20, according to an announcement on its home page
. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account, users are assured.
Yahoo Answers is closing. It s an end of an era here. But let s never forget the gems it gave us. pic.twitter.com/MCyMeblsAb Bern: Only 50% Evil (@MunBreaker)
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