Closure Notice: the platform to be deactivated December 1, 2024 - About ASKfm
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ASKfm to shut down December 1, 2024 Dear ASK.FM community,  After an exciting journey lasting for over 10 years, we have to announce its conclusion. The Q&A platform for anonymous conversations will wind up operations, discontinuing services starting December 1, 2024. This difficult decision follows a significant decline in our... More

>Owned by an asset management company that also owns e.g. online gambling sites.

>No indication of authorship

>Almost immediate, jarring, and lengthy tangent into “applicable regulations” and privacy policies/data handling

>When we established the Company [emphasis on the capital ‘C’]

Definitely written by a legal team masquerading as someone who actually cares about/had any role in founding the platform.

  • @JigglypuffSeenFromAboveEnglish
    4•29 days ago

    I’ll finally stop seeing its search bar constantly popping up on my parents’ browser toolbars!

    • Darth_MewEnglish
      6•29 days ago

      you seem to care. so much so that you read and commented

      • @[email protected]English
        -4•29 days ago

        I was more referring to OPs comment on how that statement is soulless. Unfortunately I only knew about this after reading it, because I can’t read minds. Who cares about corporate speech if they close down anyways?