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phamilton
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AIM will shut down after 20 years
> forced to use the actual Yahoo Mail website
I left in 2016 and in practice we just didn't use email at all because it was so painful to use.
yeukhon
on Oct 7, 2017
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I heard from a friend internal YMail would have ads too because the YMail team needed to test the ad product of YMail... which is kind of ... eh.
J5892
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I had to communicate with sales constantly (worked on the front-page ads team), so email was essential, unfortunately.
mcculley
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What kind of work did you do that didn’t require email?
phamilton
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We mostly just used Slack/HipChat instead.
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I left in 2016 and in practice we just didn't use email at all because it was so painful to use.