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Will some people be really psychologically impacted by Yahoo's closure?

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  • Kate
    Lv 6
    2 weeks ago
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    I'm sure some people will be psychologically impacted. There are a lot of people, me included, who have spent a lot of time here.

    I won't be bothered, I'll get more things accomplished. I usually plan on spending no more than an hour a day here but next thing I know, it's 3 hours later. I really do have better things to do and I think most of us will realize that.

  • Anonymous
    2 weeks ago

    Yes. I will. I'd be willing to wager that "Pearl" will be too.

    Everyone who regularly frequents y/a knows who Pearl is. Sometimes she gives us hope because we can always count on her answer. That hope is mostly dashed by non helpful, unbias, simple one sentence answers that don't really help.

    I will miss seeing Pearl and that tinge of frustration when she doesn't help me but is there for me anyway.

    Cheers Pearl, this post is for you!

    Give a thumbs up if you've gotten an answer from Pearl.

    Pearl is the MVP, GOAT of Yahoo Answers!

  • Anonymous
    2 weeks ago

    I have been on my own for over 10 years. Yahoo has helped me so much to overcome my loneliness. Even if I didn't have an answer, it was still interesting to read what was happening in other people's lives. It was actually one of the first things I did every morning! It was a good day when there were questions that piques my interest and I could answer. I always felt so much at peace when there were so many that I ended up on site for hours!! Contrary to what other people have recommended, there are no other sites that equal Yahoo Answers. Even now before the closure, my loneliness and depression is already setting in. I hope Yahoo reconsiders.

  • 2 weeks ago

    I think it's healthy that this place shuts down. It has always brought out the worst in me. Just ask Tokio Hotel. 10 years ago, I wished her dead from cancer.

  • Mike W
    Lv 7
    2 weeks ago

    Probably, there's always someone who's psychologically affected by things like this.  Maybe it became part of their daily routine, and with it being shut down, there's a hole in their day, and they don't know how to fill it  yet.  

  • 2 weeks ago

    Answering question is part of my everyday life & I will miss it.  I just want to help all the dogs I can.  This is sad.

  • 2 weeks ago

    Sadly some will be hurt psychology.

  • 2 weeks ago

    probable, for example after the closure, i could develop a further fear: that of receiving answers to my questions.

  • 2 weeks ago

    yes some will be effected

    not me though i hate this place just like every other useless service.

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