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May 4, 2021 · Yahoo! Answers shut down Tuesday after nearly 16 years of inquiries from the internet's curious minds. As a final send-off, NPR gets to the bottom of some of these important questions.
- Ailsa Chang
Apr 6, 2021 · Yahoo Answers is shutting down after 15 years of offering earnest, harebrained questions and answers that led to memes that’ll last long beyond its time.
- Luke Winkie
- 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 5, 2021 · Starting on April 20th you will no longer be able to post any new questions or answers. However, you can still view any posted questions and answers until May 4th. On May 4th the site will be...
Apr 13, 2021 · Yahoo Answers’ homepage currently promotes questions including whether its closure is “proof of the new world order” or “because conservatives have exposed the Socialist takeover of America”,...
Apr 7, 2021 · Question and answer site Yahoo Answers will shut down after 15 years of answering the internet’s wackiest questions. One of the longest-running Q&A platforms, Yahoo Answers launched...
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Apr 11, 2021 · Yahoo! Answers is shutting down in May. From sex education to homework help, users of the forum remember how it shaped early Internet culture. LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: An online corner for...
