"... If I were a betting man, I would expect the number of smart Yahoo employees making that leap to increase exponentially over the next few weeks and months. Just think about it: would you want to not only be acquired by Microsoft — the king of .Net and shrink-wrapped software — but submerged in a sea of merger-related bureaucracy and time-sucking process for the next year or two? I wouldn’t. I hope Google has brought in extra staff to handle all the calls."

– Mathew Ingram, "Yahoo staffers clogging the exits"

"... Consider this an open call for Yahoo entrepreneurs who know social networks and social graph technology: I'm looking for product managers and engineers for my new social advertising startup. ..."

– Furrier.org, "Wanted: Any Yahoo Social Networking and Social Graph Product Mgrs and Engineers"