The end of an era, taking the Yahoo out of yahooboy

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Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2018 6:28 pm

Those of us who baited in the heyday of "yahoo boys" will remember how much lads, especially romance lads, loved Yahoo IM. It goes away next month. If you still have it, you'll have received a message like this one.

Quote:

Hi Baiter,

We see that you’ve used Yahoo Messenger recently, so we wanted to let you know that Yahoo Messenger will no longer be supported after July 17, 2018.

Before July 17, you can continue to use the service, but after that date, you will no longer have access to Yahoo Messenger. You can learn how to save your chats by visiting our FAQ.

We’ve loved working on Yahoo Messenger for you and want to thank you for using our product. We will continue to focus on building and introducing new, exciting communications tools that impact and delight our users.

Visit our FAQ to learn more. Thanks for being a Yahoo Messenger user!

Best,
The Yahoo Messenger team

Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2018 10:03 pm

They have simply moved to Google hangouts and or Facebook messenger

Yahoo death of an era

Elite Baiter Joined: 28 Mar 2015 Posts: 1916

And many are using phone apps such as Whatsapp, when they can.

Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2018 11:56 am

Most of the chat lads I've had for the last few years have been on Facebook and Hangouts. More would be via whatsapp as the lads love it, but I only really use it for one of my characters. I probably last chatted wtih a lad on yahoo regularly in 2014. Still. I'll miss that corny app with it's annoying DING!!!! Laughing

Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2018 12:27 pm

Oh yes, that awful <ding>... My yahoo was set up so that the <ding> didn't actually do anything; there was just a <ding> in the chat window. Cammy didn't like being <dinged> and lost her temper more than once, as with this Lad.

Lad: Hello
Lad: <ding>
Cammy:‎ Why do you do that <ding>?
Lad: Because I need you baby
Cammy:‎ Huh?
Cammy:‎ Americans are different!
Lad: Yes baby
Lad: Don't you like that??
Cammy:‎ Let's not be too hasty.

Cammy:‎ I thought you had to be a born-again Christian to be an officer in the American Army.
Lad:‎ <ding>
Lad:‎ I'd love to meet you
Cammy:‎ Ten minutes, starting now.
Lad:‎ To worship freyja??
Cammy:‎ OK, ten minutes is up.
Cammy:‎ Now, I told you that if you did that stupid <ding> that I'd stop chatting for ten minutes.
Lad:‎ What's the hell is this
Lad:‎ Why will you be treating me
Lad:‎ If you stop chatting what would that be??
Lad:‎ Am just try to be good to you
Cammy:‎ That <ding> looks stupid. It doesn't even do anything.

Lad: <ding>
Lad: I downloaded some pics and send them to you
Lad: Am just a poor boy searching for work
Lad: Yes
Cammy: I told you what would happen if you did that <ding>
Lad: So am sorry
Cammy: Ten minutes, starting now.
Lad: For being lieing
Lad: I am a good looking guy
Lad: But no money
Lad: And I need a job baby
Lad: I don't know maybe you can help me
Lad: But I stayed with the US deployed army
Lad: Hello
Lad: Are you there?
Lad: Hansome
Lad: Talk to me
Cammy: Ten minutes are up.

He didn't <ding> again.

Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2018 2:12 am

"Yahoo Instant Mugu".

The end of an era.

Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2018 3:36 am

I feel old. Sad

I remember when AOL was the elephant in the room, only to be supplanted by the younger, more agile Yahoo. That was the be-all end-all, nothing could top it. It was where all the lads hung out. And when Gmail started, lads hated it and distrusted anyone using it.

Time flies.

Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2018 1:36 pm

Sad in a way. I still enjoy watching some of the old documentaries on YouTube of "YahooBoys".

At least there is still Yahoo email.

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