For people who used to be frequent Yahoo Answers users, what was your favorite time period?
For me, it was from 2007 until 2013. They changed everything after that. Did you used to hang out in the Polls and Surveys section as well?
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LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
I first joined it in 2008. It was thriving then. Thousands of questions and answers every single day. Sure, most of them were trolls, but everybody was having fun, and it didn't matter.
I think its downfall began in 2013, and it was just a long, slow decline. The biggest mistake they ever made on that website was automating moderation. It was horrible. You'd see blatant Nazi posts, and I mean literally praising Hitler and blatantly blaming the Jews for everything. You'd click the little flag because trolling is trolling, but that was a bridge too far. And the question would be gone for less than a day before popping back up. Then they were invincible.
And the Nazis and the other destroyers just took over. They always do.
I think its downfall began in 2013, and it was just a long, slow decline. The biggest mistake they ever made on that website was automating moderation. It was horrible. You'd see blatant Nazi posts, and I mean literally praising Hitler and blatantly blaming the Jews for everything. You'd click the little flag because trolling is trolling, but that was a bridge too far. And the question would be gone for less than a day before popping back up. Then they were invincible.
And the Nazis and the other destroyers just took over. They always do.