Answers.Yahoo

History
 Answers.Yahoo launched in 2005 replacing Yahoo! Q&A.

Audience
Anyone over the age of 13 years can ask or answer a question. Users must agree to Yahoo’s terms and conditions. Companies can become a Knowledge Partner of the community.

Platform uses
Available online and in a mobile form. Users create user names and avatars. They can also include other information about themselves. To use Answers.Yahoo, they post a question. They can also categorize their questions to help others with similar questions. Users can also answer any questions listed on the site and receive points for their answers. Other users vote on the answers, which results in more points. The more points a user has, the more perceived credibility. A leaderboard is listed on the main page.

Number of users/other statistics
 Currently, Answers.Yahoo has about 50 million unique visitors.

In the news/interesting facts
There have been many tumblr accounts created with visitors have dubbed ridiculous questions and answers. It has also inspired a subreddit.

Similar platforms
Similar platforms include: Askville, Google search, Ask.com