[tchitra]

Doesn't this article feel like it was written for Yahoo's benefit? Since they have a blinded bidding process (See [1]), it seems as if this article could help drum up higher bids. Maybe Yahoo is the anonymous source that provided the "hot tip" about commodity traders on Yahoo Messenger.

[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-04-20/yahoo-bid...

[lordnacho]

I don't know about the timing, but I have a relative in the industry and he told me it's actually the case. Everyone and their mom is on Yahoo chat when it comes to commodities.

[saiya-jin]

confirming, ex-gf who is commodity trader (coal, energy and oil lately) mentioned yahoo chat all the time. most of them are not very tech-savvy, so they are happy with it as long as it works

[crumpled]

I'm not sure it's a positive story. It suggests that yahoo will migrate these customers to a new platform that doesn't support the features they like and legally need.

[Fuxy]

It was the first chat I ever used (besides IRC) and there's still a lot of people I con only reach there.

It was quite popular in Eastern Europe as an IRC replacement since IRC was too difficult for the less computer savvy.

These days most people have switched to Facebook Messanger since nobody wants the hassle if installing another messenger app.