Yahoo! Mash Explained

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

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]

Notes and References

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