Why does Yahoo not tell you why they delete a question?

Answer 1

They told me I might be expelled from "Yahoo answers" because I posted a question that violated their terms. I read the terms and I don't think my question was in any way a violation. It was about mascara! d u h

Answer 2

There is no excuse for not doing so and not allowing an appeal of such. Some questions are obviously and blatently cantidates for deletion. Most that are deleted seem to be just because somebody complained. Usually apparently the same reason people will sometimes see an answer they don't like and go do thumbs down on that person's answers no matter how innocent the topic. Fanticism and censorship to protect people from reading attacks on shaky ideals. Yahoo personal I suspect are hard put to keep up with all the reported posts. Still it'd be easy to build an interface with push buttons that'd cover %90 of the deleted questions. The other %10 they could take a few minutes to explain why in more detail.

Answer 3

if they're deleting a question, then you're probably breaking one of the many rules and someone reported it. generally people know before they post a question that they probably shouldn't be posting it. if it gets reported and Yahoo agrees with them on their findings, then it gets deleted.

Answer 4

I don't know that it's really that important. Most people know when something is against the rules or not, and so it'd kind of be redundant...

Perhaps it's a privacy issue, perhaps it's just easier for programming sake. the main thing is, the malicious content is gone.

Answer 5

That's part of the mystery of faith. You have to play by the unwritten rules. The rules of thumb in your eye. It's the game of the OverMonkey. Get used to it, get comfortable in the yolk and harness.

Answer 6

I think they assume you know the guidelines enough, but they should so you know not to do it anymore

Answer 7

They prefer not to launder dirty linen in public.

Answer 8

no manners?????????