My first question was deleted by Yahoo, Inc.
Trust me, I have nothing agaist Yahoo, Inc.
I quote:
"You have posted content to Yahoo! Answers in violation of our Community Guidelines. As a result, your content has been deleted.
Deleted Question: I really do not care about the scoring system of Yahoo! Answers.?
Question Details: I believe that this just another way to keep track, of what going on in the information society. I wish to have no score. I should have the liberty to do so.
Reason of Violation:Not a Question or Answer"
I presume that they do not like statements, in which an answer is a statement of ones intellectual believes.
2006-12-25 04:25:01 · 13 answers · asked by non existance 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
It's got as much merit as users want it to have. Serious questions about things you really want to know about usually get educated answers from people who want to help out. Stupid questions that are meant as an insult usually get a stupid answer that's meant as an insult back to you.
If you want to answer insulting questions, it's really up to you, but I prefer (usually) not to waste my time.
I agree with you the points system is a bit artificial and doesn't really reflect anything (some people just go through questions answering them with a word or two, not really paying attention to what the person wants to know, just to get the 2 points), but it's probably part of what hooks people to the site. So Yahoo! won't be taking that away anytime soon.
2006-12-25 06:20:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
By no means does Yahoo! have a truth merit, or a mission statement to contain and regulate truthful or sensible statements or advice. I have nothing much against Yahoo! either, but I am not so naive as to think anyone in the Y!A committee or Community Guidelines board is capable of doing any real investigative work, or that they are above deleting or penalizing people because whoever is on staff at that time doesn't agree with what you say. It happens, and it will continue to do so. Y!A is not an educational forum, it's not intended to be an archive of knowledge or even intelligent commentary. It is a place where anyone can post any kind of frivolous statement in response to laughable, senseless question, just as easily as one could post a sensible intelligent question and get an in-depth pertinent intelligent response. I wonder though are you saying they deleted this question the first time you asked it, or are you saying they deleted a different question before you asked this one?
2006-12-25 04:40:01 · answer #2 · answered by Rick R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It does providing you're asking a question that isn't dumb to begin
with. For example, there are trolls that come on here that like to
stir up trouble with their offtopic spam, or posting comments or
questions that will get them in trouble. If you didn't read Yahoo!
Answers Community Guidelines which you can find here:
http://answers.yahoo.com/info/community_guidelines.php, then
it is not Yahoo! Answers fault when they get banned. People who
whine about this should know that a complaint lodged against a person is investigated first by Yahoo! Answers. They won't suspend a user or terminate the account unless it violates Yahoo! Answers Terms of Service. It's their website, and they can do what they want in terms of regulating it, providing it is legal. If you want to post stuff that violates their guidelines, go to
a website that allows that type of content instead of whining about it here.
Answers
2006-12-25 05:36:15 · answer #3 · answered by Answerer17 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well it really was not a question or answer. This is a question and answer site, and statements are not questions.
If you believe this is another way of keeping track of the information society and you don't want to be part of it, stay away.
This is not a democratic site. Yahoo has the ultimate say in it, and Yahoo says it's a question and answer site. So either respect that, or have your questions deleted.
2006-12-25 04:31:32 · answer #4 · answered by brand_new_monkey 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you want to test your theory, why don't you post it as a question. As if other people if they trust, "believe in" the Yahoo! Answers scoring system. Ask what they think of it and whether they consider it as just one more way to monitor activity in the information society.
2006-12-25 05:05:43 · answer #5 · answered by fdm215 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could have changed the wording a bit like "Do you care about the scoring..." etc. I face this kind of problems when raising issues in my Economics class.
The other day i mentioned to the teacher that unemployment insurance/ social security just gives incentive for people not to work. he snapped saying that's an opinion. had i changed the wording a bit like "don't you think unemployment insurance is an incentive.." then we could have had a more intellectual argument.
Sometimes it pays to be moderate.
2006-12-25 04:41:52 · answer #6 · answered by BiCUBIC 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-06 00:13:30 · answer #7 · answered by kinjorski 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The original (and the only) aim of Y!A is to give answers to people who have questions via great big think tank.... which is a million human brains linked together by said network. People came here to give answers, so if you're going to give a statement as a title, it wont be that inviting to go in and read, since its a statement
2006-12-25 05:21:34 · answer #8 · answered by arelente2 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Tough to say. Prolly just another way the republicans are taking away more freedom for the illusion of safety.
2006-12-25 05:37:47 · answer #9 · answered by Brian 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer to your actual question is, "It depends." I have certainly seen many "answers" that are simply opinions, or are obviously guesses and are absolutely wrong. Beats me why people just make stuff up; I'm sure that many people who ask legitimate questions are led astray by misinformation.
2006-12-25 18:27:21 · answer #10 · answered by dognhorsemom 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋