Has anyone considered Yahoo's notice that appears at the top of this page?

Read only means no posting questions either.

No.  It means you can go back and see if anyone responded to your questions or other questions.  

Yes

It is the worst headline I’ve seen since the headline “ Second plane hits second tower, terrorist attack apparently under way in New York“. and “ oh my goodness, oh my goodness, we’re looking at a live picture from Washington and then smoke pouring out of the Pentagon“.  

Death of Yahoo Answers is as awful as 9/11. 

No it means that users will not be able to ask or answer any questions after that. 

Nobody can post anything after April 19'th: Neither question nor answer. You can only read what has been posted prior to the 20'th.

You will not be able to post questions anymore I assume. If so then only trolls will since no one can answer them. 

When Answers reverts to a read-only mode on the 20th, that means no more Q&As will be posted on the site. You can just read all the postings and nothing else. This will last for two weeks until its shutdown on May 4.

"Read only" in a computer context means "All you can do is read. You can't add anything, you can't delete anything, you can't change anything, and you can't post anything".

And from May 4 you won't be able even to READ.

Read only means no posting of any kind. As of April 20, no new content will be added to the site (questions or answers). Whether anyone comes here to read anything, is up to them. YA posts will stl turn up in internet searches, during that time.

it means we will not be able to ask or answer any more questions. after the 20th of this month and on the 4th of next month they are closing down this site