In light of today&'s rumoreda4s‚ 20% Yahoo staff layoffs, this infographic representation of the portal&'s death spiral is as painful as the comments we are inevitably going to get for posting it.

And while much cruder than and not as philosophical asa4s‚ Paul Graham&'s must-read essaya4s‚ &''What Happened to Yahoo!,&''a4s‚ it does get the point across. For those of you too busy to scan through either Graham&'s post pretty much sums up Yahoo&'s trajectory in this one sentence,&''But there are worse things than seeming irresponsible. Losing, for example.&''

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