Yahoo Answers to close on May 4
Question-and-answer website Yahoo Answers will be shutting down on May 4, after a little under 16 years of service.
Yahoo, now owned by Verizon Media Group, laid out the closure of the site on a notice to users at the top of the Yahoo Answers homepage.
According to an FAQ that’s been posted on the matter, users will be unable to send in new questions or answer questions after April 20. Yahoo Answers will eventually redirect to Yahoo’s main page after May 4.
Users will be able to download their content for archiving purposes, but that is limited to the following:
- Questions list
- Questions
- Answers list
- Answers
- Posted images
Users will not be able to download others’ content, including the questions and answers of other people.
The Verge, in its report, said a message to active Yahoo Answers users cited a decrease in the site’s popularity, and a shifting of resources away from Yahoo Answers as a reason for the shutdown. – Rappler.com