Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and the Yahoo Answers website is now 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.
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Why are they shutting down yahoo answers?
3 Answers
- .Lv 74 weeks ago
Because Verizon Media is choosing to shut it down (just as they did Yahoo Messenger and Yahoo Groups). No specific explanation was given, but considering the significant decline in quality of content on the site versus the cost of cleaning it up and keeping it running, it's not a surprise (a disappointment, but not a surprise).
- Anonymous4 weeks ago
It's going away because it was overrun with trolls and bored children and Verizon would not invest in staff to monitor and control abuse. Answers was not created as a public service or charity . . . it was created to sell advertising to businesses looking for certain demographic audiences to sell their products to. Foul-mouth idiots do without any money not represent a desirable demographic......no advertising = no YAnswers.