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Re:Yahoo Answers to shut down May 4, 2021 by perardi on Monday April 05, 2021 @05:12PM (#26704807)
Oh, I wouldn’t start that downfall during Marissa Meyer’s reign of error.

Remember when Yahoo hired a CEO who lied about having a CS degree?

https://money.cnn.com/2012/05/13/technology/yahoo-ceo-out/in...

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Re:Yahoo Answers to shut down May 4, 2021 by TedDoesntTalk on Monday April 05, 2021 @05:24PM (#26704910)
Ha, good point. Seems like ex-CEO Scott Thompson is doing ok these days:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Thompson_(businessman)

His Yahoo departure is attributed to thyroid cancer: "In 2012, Thompson was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, which was said to be a reason for leaving Yahoo!."

And Marissa Mayer became extremely wealthy for her mishandling of Yahoo.

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