<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Answers	O
was	O
a	O
community-driven	O
question-and-answer	O
(	O
Q&A	O
)	O
website	O
or	O
knowledge	O
market	O
owned	O
by	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
5	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
announced	O
that	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
URL	O
now	O
redirects	O
to	O
the	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
website	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
website	O
began	O
as	O
a	O
search	O
directory	O
for	O
various	O
websites	O
,	O
and	O
soon	O
grew	O
into	O
an	O
established	O
Internet	O
resource	O
that	O
featured	O
the	O
"	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
beta	O
version	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Answers	O
was	O
created	O
to	O
replace	O
Ask	O
Yahoo	O
!,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
site	O
gave	O
members	O
the	O
chance	O
to	O
earn	O
points	O
as	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
encourage	O
participation	O
and	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
Naver	B-Protocol
's	I-Protocol
Knowledge	O
iN	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
An	O
Arabic	O
language	O
Q&A	O
platform	O
called	O
Seen	O
Jeem	O
was	O
available	O
through	O
the	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
subsidiary	O
Maktoob	B-Application
until	O
2010	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Chinese	O
language	O
version	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
8	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
released	O
an	O
app	O
for	O
the	O
platform	O
called	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Answers	O
Now	O
(	O
formally	O
known	O
as	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Hive	O
)	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
5	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
an	O
announcement	O
was	O
made	O
that	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
4	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
the	O
site	O
ceased	O
operations	O
and	O
redirected	O
to	O
a	O
Yahoo	B-Application
Help	O
page	O
until	O
July	O
,	O
after	O
which	O
it	O
redirected	O
to	O
the	O
main	O
Yahoo	B-Application
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
gave	O
reduced	O
usage	O
of	O
the	O
site	O
as	O
the	O
reason	O
for	O
shutting	O
down	O
,	O
saying	O
"	O
it	O
has	O
become	O
less	O
popular	O
over	O
the	O
years.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
same	O
day	O
the	O
site	O
shut	O
down	O
,	O
the	O
wider	O
Yahoo	B-Application
brand	O
was	O
sold	O
to	O
Apollo	O
Global	O
Management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
closure	O
did	O
not	O
affect	O
the	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Answers	O
allowed	O
any	O
questions	O
that	O
did	O
not	O
violate	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
To	O
encourage	O
good	O
answers	O
,	O
helpful	O
participants	O
were	O
occasionally	O
featured	O
on	O
the	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Though	O
the	O
service	O
itself	O
was	O
free	O
,	O
the	O
contents	O
of	O
the	O
answers	O
were	O
owned	O
by	O
the	O
respective	O
users	O
;	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Users	O
could	O
also	O
choose	O
to	O
reveal	O
their	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Misuse	O
of	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
extreme	O
(	O
but	O
rare	O
)	O
cases	O
(	O
for	O
a	O
Terms	O
of	O
Service	O
violation	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
abuser	O
's	O
entire	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
To	O
open	O
an	O
account	O
,	O
a	O
user	O
needed	O
a	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
ID	O
but	O
could	O
use	O
any	O
name	O
as	O
identification	O
on	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
A	O
user	O
could	O
be	O
represented	O
by	O
a	O
picture	O
from	O
various	O
internet	O
avatar	O
sites	O
or	O
a	O
user-made	O
graphic	O
uploaded	O
to	O
replace	O
their	O
default	O
Yahoo	B-Application
graphic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
When	O
answering	O
a	O
question	O
,	O
a	O
user	O
could	O
search	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
To	O
ask	O
a	O
question	O
,	O
one	O
had	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
points	O
awarded	O
for	O
activity	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Badge	O
was	O
seen	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
staff	O
members	O
of	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
These	O
badges	O
were	O
found	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
companies	O
or	O
organizations	O
who	O
share	O
their	O
personal	O
knowledge	O
and	O
experience	O
with	O
the	O
members	O
of	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Researchers	O
found	O
that	O
questions	O
seeking	O
factual	O
information	O
received	O
few	O
answers	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
knowledge	O
on	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
"	O
Internet	O
language	O
"	O
including	O
incorrect	O
spelling	O
and	O
improper	O
grammar	O
also	O
contributed	O
to	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
A	O
2008	O
study	O
found	O
that	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
One	O
journalist	O
observed	O
that	O
the	O
structure	O
of	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Likewise	O
,	O
posts	O
on	O
many	O
Internet	O
forums	O
and	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Answers	O
itself	O
indicated	O
that	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
For	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
life	O
of	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
official	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
Yamster	O
was	O
a	O
combination	O
,	O
or	O
portmanteau	O
,	O
of	O
the	O
words	O
"	O
Yahoo	B-Application
"	O
and	O
"	O
hamster	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
mascot	O
was	O
also	O
used	O
as	O
an	O
avatar	O
for	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
During	O
beta	O
testing	O
of	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
A	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
At	O
that	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
photo	O
was	O
replaced	O
with	O
the	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
,	O
the	O
history	O
of	O
Yamster	O
,	O
complete	O
with	O
photos	O
of	O
the	O
toy	O
,	O
was	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Several	O
celebrities	O
and	O
notables	O
appeared	O
on	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
2008	O
U.S.	O
presidential	O
campaign	O
,	O
Hillary	O
Clinton	O
,	O
John	O
McCain	O
,	O
Barack	O
Obama	O
,	O
and	O
Mitt	O
Romney	O
posted	O
questions	O
on	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
launch	O
of	O
Answers	O
on	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
used	O
comScore	O
statistics	O
in	O
December	O
2006	O
to	O
proclaim	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
At	O
one	O
point	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
web	O
analytics	O
website	O
Quantcast	B-Protocol
reported	O
24	O
million	O
active	O
users	O
(	O
US	O
)	O
per	O
month	O
;	O
in	O
November	O
2015	O
,	O
that	O
had	O
fallen	O
by	O
77%	O
to	O
5.6	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quantcast	B-Protocol
traffic	O
statistics	O
for	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Google	O
Ad	O
Planner	O
traffic	O
statistics	O
for	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Compete	O
Site	O
Analytics	O
traffic	O
statistics	O
for	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Answers	O
represented	O
between	O
1.03	O
%	O
to	O
1.7	O
%	O
of	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
comedy/advice	O
podcast	B-Operating_System
My	O
Brother	O
,	O
My	O
Brother	O
and	O
Me	O
featured	O
a	O
reoccurring	O
segment	O
in	O
which	O
co-host	O
Griffin	O
McElroy	O
selected	O
and	O
read	O
a	O
particularly	O
humorous	O
or	O
outrageous	O
question	O
from	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Answers	O
,	O
submitted	O
to	O
them	O
by	O
listeners	O
of	O
the	O
podcast	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
McElroys	O
held	O
a	O
memorial	O
for	O
Yahoo	B-Application
Answers	I-Application
in	O
the	O
episode	O
"	O
Funeral	O
for	O
a	O
Friend	O
"	O
,	O
shortly	O
ahead	O
of	O
the	O
service	O
's	O
closure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Internet	O
troll	O
Ken	O
M	O
was	O
a	O
regular	O
user	O
on	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
There	O
were	O
several	O
communities	O
on	O
social	O
media	O
sites	O
such	O
as	O
Reddit	B-Application
and	O
Facebook	B-Application
dedicated	O
to	O
observing	O
his	O
antics	O
,	O
especially	O
on	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
