I notice a lack of intelligent and fair choosing of what is removed.
2007-01-10 15:06:24 · 4 answers · asked by user name 5 in Social Science ➔ Sociology
I've seen obviously vulgar information stay up untouched yet minor infractions are quickly wisked away. It just makes me wonder if the adminstrators are using personal preference or professionalism.
2007-01-10 15:22:59 · update #1
Much is due to the fact that minors use this site.
Some is due to people trying to sell things or start chain letters on this site.
Many users report people for what looks like absolutely nothing against the Yahoo! Guidelines. Then the actual staff needs to go through all those "reports," and see which are legit, and which are bogus.
Some people have been truly crude and rude on this site. Some have asked sexually explicit questions--offending the religious, the moral and the minors. Yahoo! cannot just let people say whatever they want on this site--or they could probably be sued, threatened, etc.
2007-01-10 16:13:13 · answer #1 · answered by Holiday Magic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like the system. I don't find it arbitrary at all. Ever been over to Yahoo News forms? What a mess that is. It doesn't do what it is suppose to, discuss the news. With that experience Yahoo Answers is better at providing Answers here.
There are rules to the site, and everyone has access to what they are. Everything that falls outside the rules will be removed if people object to the content and point it out. All kinds of people post complaints saying theirs was removed and others weren't. If they quit complaining about those items and reported them instead the system would be that more efficient. And they typically are complaining that their question from 2 weeks ago was deleted while one from 5 minutes ago is allowed. Well, that violation you are complaining about aint going to be there in 2 weeks either. And if you report it instead of complaining, it aint there in 2 days.
2007-01-10 15:30:28 · answer #2 · answered by JuanB 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't think it is the administrators who censor the language.
It is the members who report it.
I doubt it is arbitrary.
2007-01-10 16:11:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
so what exactly did you say on here for them to remove it?
2007-01-10 15:17:22 · answer #4 · answered by sunshine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋