The Busted Pipe Chronicles Day 44: Yahoo Answers Is Dead

I, like many Texans, had their pipes burst and home flooded with water. Here is my story.

Pour one out for one of the OGs of the Wild Wild West known as the internet as I got news that Yahoo is shutting down their Answers page. 

Dear Yahoo Answers Community,

We launched Yahoo Answers sixteen years ago to help people around the world connect and share information. With you and millions of other users, we built the best place on the web to ask and answer questions on a variety of topics, creating a community of global knowledge sharing. While we could not have been prouder of what we accomplished together, we are reaching out today to let you know that we have decided to shut down Yahoo Answers on May 4th, 2021.

While Yahoo Answers was once a key part of Yahoo’s products and services, it has become less popular over the years as the needs of our members have changed. To that end, we have decided to shift our resources away from Yahoo Answers to focus on products that better serve our members and deliver on Yahoo’s promise of providing premium trusted content.

Starting on April 20th you will no longer be able to post any new questions or answers. However, you can still view any posted questions and answers until May 4th. On May 4th the site will be shutting down. If you would like to download a copy of your questions and answers you have posted, you can do this by signing into Your Privacy Dashboard and requesting a download. You will be able to do this until June 30th, 2021 after which your Yahoo Answers data will be securely deleted and no longer available. The closure of Yahoo Answers will not affect your Yahoo account or other Yahoo services.

I haven't been this sad over a Yahoo service going away since Flickr broke away and went into business for themselves. It's sad to see them go but considering most questions can be answered by Google, I see why Yahoo is spending those resources elsewhere. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted. I wonder are my old questions still available to see?

Stay tuned tomorrow for Day 44: I Had A Dream I Worked In A Jewelry Store in The Busted Pipe Chronicles