I hate Yahoo! I've had issues with it for a long time, but I kind of feel stuck.

Hi, my name's Gina and I'm calling from California. I have a secret tech shame. I have a Yahoo email account.

Hi, note to self. This is Andrea from Coltsnack, New Jersey. And my secret tech shame is my hotmail.com email address.

I still use a Yahoo account and the username on that account is a nickname. So just saying that funky nickname and at Yahoo.com, the two together is really something I'm starting to get a little tired of doing.

I have to change from Verizon to Gmail. It's a big deal and it's my identity.

Oh, listeners, I hear you. Our personal information and our self-image are all wrapped up in how we use email. Or if you're a teenager, don't use it at all.

I'm a new Samarote and note to self. Email and social media accounts will come and some will have to go.

Don't blame yourself for staying in your dysfunctional relationship longer than you should have.

So many of us have gotten really into some tech companies that made promises to make our lives better and brighter. Flicker, hotmail, even AOL. My space. Don't make me say, Friendster. And yes, Yahoo!

That's funny, Menus. I have a mind spring account and earth link hovering over me.

Okay, pick your poison. But the point is that we wake up one day and that company is so last year, or gone, or has been bought out, or just changed.

And all of a sudden you're like, you know, is this the person who I fell in love with and married? Oh wait, it's a different episode.

Okay, sorry. But there is a feeling of betrayal, or at least like, man, what do I do about this crappy email address that I have given to hundreds of companies and people across the web for years?

Today, when big companies get eaten by bigger companies, and what it means to little ol' you and me who just want our stupid email, or whatever to work and be safe, and not make us feel stupid.

My own personal quest, which seems to resonate with a lot of you, has been to escape from Yahoo.

Who would have thought that just a decade ago, the name Yahoo!

Symbolized the extent of Silicon Valley, thousands of people, including the big brains in computer science and engineering work there. It was how millions of us searched online.

Aloha, this is Randy from Hawaii. I think over the years it kind of thought Yahoo is a big company. They're one of the original web companies. They're going to be around a long time.

Right! But then Google came along, and smartphones, and the financial crisis hit, and Yahoo was never the same.

But many of us stuck in there. I mean sure we used Google to search for stuff who didn't, but maybe you or someone you know, could never quite transition to Gmail.

I mean, all admit it, I've had a Yahoo email account for over a decade now.

And nestled in the dozens of folders that I've carefully labeled are hundreds of emails from relatives who my rarely contact.

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