New York (CNN Business) Yahoo Answers, a question-and-answer platform that launched more than 15 years ago and became one of the largest troves of information -- and misinformation -- on the internet, is shutting down on May 4. The Verizon-owned website announced the platform's cancellation Monday with a terse statement on Yahoo Answers' homepage. The portal will go into "read only" mode on April 20 and avid users will have until June 30 to download content, Yahoo explained on its help page. Like many corners of the internet, Yahoo Answers has become a cesspool of conspiracy theories and outlandish questions that dragged down Yahoo's brand as it tries to move upscale. For example, one of the top questions on the website Tuesday morning asks "Is Yahoo Answers being shut down because conservatives have exposed the Socialist takeover of America?"

Source: CNN April 06, 2021 12:56 UTC