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Yahoo! Groups was a free-to-use system of electronic mailing lists offered by Yahoo!. Prior to February 2020, Yahoo! Groups was one of the world's largest collections of online discussion boards. It allowed members to subscribe to various groups, read subscribed discussions online, view and share photos, files and bookmarks within a group ...
- December 15, 2020; 2 years ago
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- January 30, 2001; 22 years ago
Yahoo has announced that the 20 year-old social media platform Yahoo Groups will shut down on Dec. 15, 2020. The service, which was aimed to help users stay connected to their community and friends, has seen a “steady decline in usage over the last several years” and will be inaccessible from Dec. 15, 2020.
May 31, 2021 · Learn how to find and download your Yahoo! Groups data from the Internet Archive, a collection of over 1.1 million groups that were preserved after the shutdown of Yahoo! Groups in 2020. Follow the steps to search for your group's name, download its CSV and TAR files, and unpack its raw data.
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Oct 16, 2019 · Yahoo announced that it is winding down its long-running Yahoo Groups site, which will no longer accept new posts from October 28 and delete all previously posted content on December 14. Users have until then to save their Groups history, which includes niche communities, mailing lists and internet forums.
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Oct 12, 2020 · Verizon-owned Yahoo decided to gut most of the functionality from the 20-year-old discussion board platform, citing low use and low engagement. Now the entire platform will soon be no more, as users will no longer be able to create or send emails via Yahoo Groups. The platform will also be deleting all content on Dec. 14.
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Oct 18, 2020 · Yahoo Groups, a once thriving website full of vibrant communities, will be fully removed from the web on December 15, 2020. The company cites a decline in usage as the reason for shutting it down and suggests alternatives such as Nextdoor, Facebook and Google Groups.
Oct 12, 2020 · Verizon announces the end of the 19-year-old message board service, citing a steady decline in usage over the last several years. Users can no longer create new groups or content, and will lose access to all past discussions on December 15, 2020.