One person asked if a certain thing was responsible for a condition. The cause of the condition has been fairly well established and I said it was not the cause. I received an abuse from Yahoo. Has any other physician experienced this? Once more and I am off Yahoo Answers.
2007-01-16 04:59:24 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
I'm not a physician, sorry - but did Yahoo! say that's why you were being cited? They seldom do.
I haven't had any direct experience with abuse on Yahoo! answers, but my past experience with their abuse people was absolutely ridiculous. They terminated a long-standing account because I was the co-owner of a Yahoo! group that removed two members for provably forging messages to the group from several other members. We didn't bother reporting them to Yahoo! abuse, knowing that Yahoo! wouldn't do diddly about them in any timely manner, and it wasn't worth bothering with in any case. (I have a long background in internet safety activism.)
The removed members then filed false reports with Yahoo! abuse, and they deleted the group and the IDs of all the group owners without even investigating the false reports. They wouldn't even tell me why my account was deleted, what I or anyone else had supposedly done, citing privacy concerns! My own "offenses" were too private!
I hold my Yahoo! groups under several unconnected IDs now, all with several backup email addresses that do NOT use Yahoo's email servers. I participate in Yahoo! answers sheerly for distraction and in hopes of helping somebody, somehow (I'm disabled and mostly homebound - the time isn't costing me anything).
I admire your willingness to share your professional expertise, but I'd be reluctant to put up with Yahoo's perversity and unreliability.
You probably know that there are also a ridiculous number of quacks running around here claiming to be physicians - even some saying they're med school professors and the like. The fact that you left the bio blank gives you more credibility :-) I won't even talk about the "alternative healers."
2007-01-16 05:20:52 · answer #1 · answered by TechnoMom 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would hate to see the experts disappear through fear of actually helping people on here. I'm sorry that happened to you!
2007-01-16 13:34:00 · answer #2 · answered by WiserAngel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have had some of my answers removed (two actually, one medical, one not), with no explanation given.
2007-01-19 14:48:30 · answer #3 · answered by carmenPI 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is shocking. Your answers are usually prompt, correct and to the point. You must ask for an explanation and apology.
2007-01-16 13:29:31 · answer #4 · answered by yakkydoc 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋