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Do you credit Yahoo for giving notice about Yahoo! Answers shutting down?
I don’t know about you but I give Yahoo lots of props and credit for giving us enough advanced notice and warning about Yahoo! Answers shutting down. They did the right thing announcing it and letting us know and we should be thankful they gave notice because most sites just shut down without notice and they don’t explain with any announcement. If they didn’t care somewhat, they would have just shut down without explaining anything. What do you think?
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- ?Lv 52 weeks ago
Not really, because I think the only reason Verizon did it was to avoid adverse media coverage about closing the place with no notice.Take my word for it when I say they did it for their benefit, not ours.
- Anonymous3 weeks ago
No, I don't. I don't because in my opinion Yahoo has been working towards killing answers for the last 8 years. Changing the format, making it less user friendly, changing rules and basically eliminating any moderation. So anyone paying attention could see the end was coming. I hate them with a burning passion for killing what was once a fun and informative site.
EDIT: And who can forget that time when they installed Captcha?
- ?Lv 53 weeks ago
Actually, they were probably thinking that giving advance notice would reduce drastically all the complaints they would receive if they didn't give notice.
- ?Lv 53 weeks ago
You know, you're right. I guess it was a semi-okay thing for them to do. None of us pay for this service or are owed anything.
