RIP Yahoo Messenger, 1998-2018

08 June 2018
The legendary service will be shut down on July 17.

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  • jolly l.l.b
  • X$T
  • 10 Jun 2018

Damn, i thought they shut down yahoo messenger a while ago. It hasn't been relevant for almost a decade

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    • Carol
    • L7b
    • 10 Jun 2018

    MichaelHB, 08 Jun 2018Today many messengers will die, including Skype, because Wh... moreSkype is not just a messenger, skype also has a business edition and is quite used among companiee so nope, don't think skype will go too soon.

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      • Carol
      • L7b
      • 10 Jun 2018

      MichaelHB, 08 Jun 2018Today many messengers will die, including Skype, because Wh... moreSkype is not just a messenger, skype also has a business edition and is quite used among companiee so nope, don't think skype will go too soon.

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        • Sanjay
        • utX
        • 10 Jun 2018

        Ash, 09 Jun 2018Bad day,was just thinking of getting rid of whatsapp and go... moreYou can still delete WhatsApp & be free!
        I've deleted my facebook account long ago!!

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          • Anon1105
          • Raw
          • 10 Jun 2018

          Ah! YM! almost RIP in just a few days!
          I remember those days in the past where I go to YM chat rooms and fap to shows from whose YM users with webcams!! those were dial-up days...

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            • Anonymous
            • uSN
            • 09 Jun 2018

            i have the same issue with unusual login, i know what my password is but the problem i forgot my old number which way too old to remember. If only there is another way to verify my identity except for that xxxx old number of mine...

              Ever since they deleted my Yahoo account in 2004, simply because I was unable to check it for 1 month, I left them for Hotmail and MSN Messenger and never looked back.

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                • Erwin Ang
                • thw
                • 09 Jun 2018

                u deserved this yahoo. i just want to sign in into my old account using my username and the correct password but just couldnt get in no matter why i try and it said something about unusual activities and i need to open an unknow email form verification code. u better die sooner yahoo

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                  • Dean
                  • 61w
                  • 09 Jun 2018

                  The last time I use yahoo mail & messenger was 2008.
                  I remember back then, after using their service for 3 years as good standing user, they suddenly blocked me out.
                  First they banned me from messenger. Then they kept sending me warning whenever I tried to login to yahoo mail.

                  So I immediately switched to GMail in 2008, and started using it as my primary email.
                  No regret.
                  10 years later (2018), I realized it's the best decision I made.

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                    • bug
                    • pqy
                    • 09 Jun 2018

                    I used YM right until their last redesign. They had their feedback pages full of outrage at their changes, yet they still went ahead and launched.
                    What can I say, if you can't figure out you can't make a IM application work if you drive users away, there's no redemption for you.

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                      • rahulk29
                      • B4M
                      • 09 Jun 2018

                      have a lot of memories with you messenger thank you for everything

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                        • H-1
                        • 3y}
                        • 09 Jun 2018

                        Stopped using messenger about 10 years ago, didn't like Yahoo to begin with, with it constantly changing its services' UI and so I had to always adjust.

                        After the password leaks (twice) I stopped using yahoo except to receive spam e-mail, but when it became part of Verizon, which meant my data will be given to another third party, I deleted my account altogether.

                          NicolasBrulay, 09 Jun 2018Legendary only in the US? I've never heard of anyone ever u... moreI'm from iran and a lot of users used it.

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                            • bref
                            • 3KP
                            • 09 Jun 2018

                            NicolasBrulay, 09 Jun 2018Legendary only in the US? I've never heard of anyone ever u... moreWhat? Back in the day people either had MSN, ICQ or yahoo. You're probably too young

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                              • Raghu
                              • nCe
                              • 09 Jun 2018

                              NicolasBrulay, 09 Jun 2018Legendary only in the US? I've never heard of anyone ever u... moreThose who have been on internet since 1998 know very much what and how much people have been using Yahoo...makes a huge difference to most, may not be to you.....

                                Legendary only in the US? I've never heard of anyone ever using it.

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                                  • Hmmmm
                                  • n9R
                                  • 09 Jun 2018

                                  I think I'm too old, if you tell me first messenger, I think of ICQ.. But then, I don't use that one any more, too...

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • bx1
                                    • 09 Jun 2018

                                    i have really a lot pf memories with this app, 2005-2013, im still friends with the people i met in yahoo, we are even cant believe that we are almost 10 years met in yahoo messenger chatroom. played with bots hehe using other clients, i really miss those times.

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                                      • Miracles
                                      • tDR
                                      • 09 Jun 2018

                                      Love it for so many times.
                                      But when it became web base.
                                      Everything became wrong.
                                      Hate it when it stuck in my yahoo mail whem i got very slow internet.

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                                        • Syed
                                        • mT@
                                        • 09 Jun 2018

                                        rip