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Regular users, are you happy or sad about yahoo answers shutting down ?
WHY?
9 Answers
- ?Lv 61 day ago
I'm not sad because this place was abused and misused - questions asked were continually off subject having nothing whatsoever to do with Religion & spirituality a lot of the time - for example, there's one on there now who asked what colour someone's penis was?
Well what the heck does that have to do with anything? and anyway it was rare that anyone awarded the best answers. In addition, people were abusive to others, so good riddance I say.
- 1 day ago
I feel disappointed because something I've enjoyed since maybe 2010, even if it is just casual, is about to go away forever. Everything else is so serious. Try debating someone on reddit and you will see people get personal very fast. Sure there are insults thrown around here but most people dont seem to take it to a sociopath level and try to dox you
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- MichaelLv 71 day ago
I'm ambivalent. As a level 7 user who used to be a regular contributor to R&S years ago, Y!A still has considerable nostalgic value for me. On the other hand, I quit back in 2017 when it became painfully evident that the trolls had taken over and hardly anyone was asking serious, thoughtful, questions anymore. I've only been back a few times (including now after I heard Y!A was shutting down) and I'm grateful I stopped wasting my time on this site. The fact it's shutting down will prevent me from ever getting tempted to return in the future when I could be doing more productive things with my life.
- 1 day ago
Happy I would say - it's had its day. It's not as interesting or funny as it once was.
- RayLv 61 day ago
I'm sad AF.
My work computer restricts many websites, including youtube [my favorite]. Yahoo Answers is an exception, i'm actually on the clock right now!
On down time this site is a good source of entertainment for me.
Now what am i supposed to do at work?!
{don't answer that}