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? asked in Yahoo ProductsYahoo Answers · 2 weeks ago

Have you seen people ask questions that haven’t been on Yahoo! Answers for years?

I have seen users from 10 years ago come back on Yahoo! Answers just today to get their final questions in probably because they know Yahoo! Answers is shutting down. I have even seen same questions from years ago too. Have you seen questions from 10 years ago and do you recognize anyone you seen from years ago that came back on so they can participate before Yahoo! Answers shuts down?

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  • Anonymous
    2 weeks ago

    Some have stated they only returned because they heard it was closing, a trip down memory lane!

    The end of an era!

    There is more activity then normal. 

    But there is an attempt being made to archive yahoo answers.

    As it was a rite of passage!

    https://gizmodo.com/were-archiving-yahoo-answers-s...

    https://archive.org/details/archiveteam_yahooanswe...

  • 2 weeks ago

    I haven't specifically seen that yet, but am sure it is happening.  As suggested, it's made the news that Y!A is closing and that is sure to prompt some people to come around for a last look.

  • 2 weeks ago

    Yeah, I've seen a few people say that. 

    They heard yahoo was shutting down, and  supposedly forgot all about Yahoo and remembered that they still had an account......

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