<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Groups	O
was	O
a	O
free-to-use	O
system	O
of	O
electronic	O
mailing	O
lists	O
offered	O
by	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
February	O
2020	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Groups	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
largest	O
collections	O
of	O
online	O
discussion	B-Application
boards	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
groups	O
were	O
simply	O
announcement	O
boards	O
,	O
to	O
which	O
only	O
the	O
group	O
moderators	O
could	O
post	O
,	O
while	O
others	O
were	O
discussion	B-Application
forums	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
1	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
removed	O
online	O
access	O
to	O
discussions	O
and	O
all	O
other	O
features	O
except	O
simple	O
membership	O
management	O
,	O
essentially	O
turning	O
all	O
groups	O
into	O
mailing	O
lists	O
,	O
and	O
on	O
October	O
13	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
it	O
announced	O
that	O
Yahoo	B-Application
Groups	I-Application
would	O
shut	O
down	O
completely	O
on	O
December	O
15	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Groups	O
was	O
launched	O
in	O
early	O
2001	O
as	O
an	O
integration	O
of	O
technology	O
from	O
eGroups.com	B-Application
and	O
community	O
groups	O
from	O
both	O
eGroups.com	B-Application
and	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Clubs	O
was	O
launched	O
in	O
1998	O
as	O
an	O
extension	O
of	O
services	O
developed	O
by	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2000	O
Yahoo	B-Application
acquired	O
eGroups.com	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2001	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
deleted	O
adult	O
groups	O
from	O
its	O
search	O
directory	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
very	O
difficult	O
to	O
locate	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2010	O
,	O
a	O
major	O
facelift	O
was	O
rolled	O
out	O
,	O
making	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Groups	O
look	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
Facebook	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2019	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
all	O
content	O
that	O
had	O
been	O
posted	O
to	O
Yahoo	B-Application
Groups	I-Application
will	O
be	O
deleted	O
on	O
December	O
14	O
,	O
2019	O
;	O
that	O
date	O
was	O
later	O
amended	O
to	O
January	O
31	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
adding	O
new	O
content	O
would	O
be	O
blocked	O
on	O
October	O
28	O
,	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
the	O
content	O
was	O
deleted	O
,	O
users	O
of	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
13	O
,	O
2020	O
Yahoo	B-Application
announced	O
they	O
would	O
be	O
shutting	O
down	O
Yahoo	B-Application
Groups	I-Application
on	O
December	O
15	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
message	O
stopped	O
appearing	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
January	O
2021	O
and	O
the	O
Yahoo	B-Application
Groups	I-Application
web	O
address	O
began	O
redirecting	O
to	O
the	O
main	O
Yahoo	B-Application
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
31	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
a	O
September	O
9	O
,	O
2013	O
Reuters	O
article	O
,	O
"	O
Americans	O
use	O
the	O
Internet	O
to	O
abandon	O
children	O
adopted	O
from	O
overseas	O
"	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
and	O
Facebook	B-Application
groups	O
were	O
being	O
used	O
,	O
illegally	O
and	O
without	O
government	O
regulation	O
,	O
by	O
parents	O
to	O
advertise	O
unwanted	O
children	O
for	O
"	O
private	O
re-homing	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
immediately	O
closed	O
down	O
the	O
forums	O
that	O
Reuters	O
brought	O
to	O
their	O
attention	O
,	O
although	O
Facebook	B-Application
did	O
not	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2008	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
web	O
analytics	O
website	O
Quantcast	B-Protocol
reported	O
around	O
915	O
thousand	O
unique	O
visitors	O
daily	O
to	O
the	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
number	O
did	O
not	O
include	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2010	O
,	O
at	O
its	O
"	O
Product	O
Runway	O
"	O
event	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
told	O
reporters	O
that	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Groups	O
had	O
115	O
million	O
group	O
members	O
and	O
that	O
there	O
were	O
10	O
million	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
