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by cadab 5246 days ago
Okay so they have cut a few jobs and Yahoo! haven't done much to the site in 1-2 years. But why does that mean its sinking? The site still works great, still has loads of features, making it great to use. The pricing is brilliant for what you can get out of them (I only have around 3k on there). Plus their API is brilliant.

Until they start doing stuff that will effect how I use the service I wont be switching, I'd love to see some facts about users 'abandoning ship'.

Edit: Just tried signing up to SnapJoy and added my Flickr account, thats still pending and I cant seem to get any photos uploaded and showing on my homepage.

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Lack of any product and engineering development on it is a clear warning sign that Yahoo is liable to cut the site. If it made them money, they'd put more work into it. If it's only making middling amounts of money, and they're not putting work into it, then they likely don't see growth potential and see it more as a burden than anything.