Yahoo Answers is shutting down on 4 May 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.

? asked in Yahoo ProductsYahoo Answers ยท 1 week ago

Why is Yahoo Answers shutting down?

Employees of Yahoo, please give us an answer of why are you going to terminate the service of Yahoo Answers permanently.ย 

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  • ?
    Lv 6
    6 days ago

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  • Zirp
    Lv 5
    1 week ago

    Because VERIZON won't bother to make the site work or be profitable.

    VERIZON's board made the decision, most employees were already laid off

  • 1 week ago

    anon nailed it, and places like Business Week etc have articles answering that Q, even google it...lots of articles

  • Anonymous
    1 week ago

    Bad management

    Lack of technical maintenance

    Not appropriate moderation

    Being open to massive spambot attacks

    Exodus of many quality users due to the above

    Influx of trolls and bored people trying to use it as a chat site, due to the above

    Verizon's lack of desire to run a site like this ย  ย 

  • Daniel
    Lv 7
    1 week ago

    Nobody from Yahoo is going to Answer this Question but

    Yahoo Answers has not been doing well Lately a lot of Users have Left Poor Maintenance of the Site they have not Fixed a lot of the Problems they are Likely Losing Money on it as well so They feel its Best to Close it Down If there not going to Fix it they minus as well Close it Down

  • Jim2
    Lv 7
    1 week ago

    IMO, only a few employees of yahoo answers exist.ย 

  • Anonymous
    1 week ago

    I am a Yahoo executive and I can tell you the real reason we are shutting down this site. The internet needs the bandwidth to stream more porn.

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