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And the city would even place them at booths all over for the public's doxxing convenience
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this post was submitted on 23 Oct 2023
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When did yellowpages begin to get phased out?
i received one in the mail the other day, replacing the one from last year. it's just marketing trash. i keep a current one around because ... nostalgia i guess
The beginning of the end was during the dotcom boom in the late 90s and early 2000s. The yellow pages were one of the very first things to go online. The only thing that kept the physical book going for a little while is that it took a few years before everyone had Internet access.
Unlike some things, this wasn't a case where you needed a critical mass of people online before it made sense to make the yellow pages available online. Instead, it was there from day 1, and it just became more useful / popular as more people came online.
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You could have opted to be unlisted.
For an extra fee! That's right, they charged you to do LESS work!
Doxing is when you reveal someone's real identity/information who was previously only known by their handle (this is the name you use online). It's not just looking up where someone lives. Anyone can do that. Even you children.