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Yahoo Mash

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Yahoo! Mash was a social networking service by Yahoo![1]

Yahoo! Mash pages were composed of modules, such as photos or common friends, that could be added by their users or their contacts.[2][3]

Unless the feature was disabled, users were able to edit other users' pages.

History

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The platform was launched by Yahoo! in September 2007.[4]

On August 28, 2008, Yahoo! announced that the platform would be shut down on September 28, 2008.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Stone, Brad (Sep 12, 2007). "What Is Yahoo Mash?". The New York Times.
  2. ^ Zafra, Arnold (January 6, 2008). "10 Cool Modules to Beef Up Your Yahoo Mash Profile". Adweek.
  3. ^ "Yahoo Invites Us Into Mash, Its New Social Network". TechCrunch. September 14, 2007.
  4. ^ Auchard, Eric (September 17, 2007). "Yahoo to start testing Mash, a social network site". Reuters.
  5. ^ McCarthy, Caroline (August 29, 2008). "Yahoo Mash: When getting social isn't enough". CNET.