What happened to the Askville Q&A site? Why is it no longer available at that address?
Askville was a question-and-answer community website launched by Amazon.com in 2006. However, Askville was shut down on October 25, 2013, and is no longer available at its previous web address.
The exact reasons for Askville's shutdown are not publicly known, as Amazon did not provide a specific explanation for the site's closure. However, it is believed that the decision to shut down Askville was driven by a number of factors, including a declining user base, increased competition from other Q&A sites such as Quora and Reddit, and Amazon's focus on other projects and initiatives.
After Askville was shut down, some of its features and user data were transferred to Amazon's other Q&A site, Ask the Community. Ask the Community is still available today and provides a similar platform for users to ask and answer questions on a wide range of topics.