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If you remember the good old days of the internet you will no doubt remember the buzz that was geocities. It was one of the first virtual communities online where you could set up a website in a related neighbourhood. For example there was an a technology community, a design community, the list was endless.

It was amazing you could set up your own website within minutes and get the tools you needed to create your site. I remember being a member of the community and monitoring other users websites to ensure they did not violate guidelines etc. It was fun, it was sense of community and it was what the web was all about.

The site was bought over by yahoo in 1999 for an estimated 3 billion dollars. It still grew and added more services. As of last month it was getting 10 million visitors a month. Then I just heard the news… Yahoo are to close the site down. Yes not sell it, not leave it there but close it down. Apparently they have other things to do.

Now to me this just stinks! The people created the site, they made it grow, the developed it and now what they want to do is just close it down.

I am shocked by their decision please leave your comments below