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Anonymous
Anonymous asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 1 week ago

Was politics to blame for yahoo answers shutting down?

At the end of the day, I think so. No one bothers answering the real questions that need answering since politics took over

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  • 6 days ago

    Hardly likely.

    Internal politics within Yahoo at play..

    Lots of real answers and questions over at SimilarWorlds

    overall better website than YA!

  • ?
    Lv 7
    7 days ago

    Duh.................

  • 7 days ago

    Fundies for thier discrimination of LGBT people via hate speech, harassment and cyber bullying 

  • Anonymous
    7 days ago

    The public is well hidden here, anyway.  But the danger seems to be a public public.

  • KTJoe
    Lv 7
    7 days ago

    Misuse "Freedom of speech" shut YA down.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 week ago

    It's more a case of one company buying another and liquidating its assets. 

  • Zirp
    Lv 5
    1 week ago

    No

    VERIZON's policy of "let's not spend a penny to make the site work or be profitable" is

  • ?
    Lv 6
    1 week ago

    Politics has always been a shithole.  There was a time when I looked in here and thought,  "I'm not swimming in that."  It eventually lured me in and made everyone worse that came in.

  • 1 week ago

    No. 

    Assholes lying, promoting Russian propaganda, fostering violence, spreading derision, espousing racism, and more, are to blame for yahoo answers shutting down. 

  • Bye
    Lv 7
    1 week ago

    Yes, entirely. And not just because it became the chief focus, but because people began violating the terms of service so frequently that the platform couldn’t keep up with policing it. At the end of the day, it’s just become so full of Republicans’ dangerous disinformation and Republicans’ violent threats, that Yahoo feared they would eventually become liable for the content.

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