Why do some feel the need to report harmless questions/answers?

Question

Seriously - I just got an annoying Violation notice in my Yahoo mail for an answer I gave to a question yesterday. There was nothing incendiary, racist, or vulgar in my answer. I know that we live in America, and are therefore no longer entitled to our own opinions, but I don't like getting Violation notices. Please save your reports of abuse on Y!A for serious violations, and try not to be so uptight.

Answer 1

it's simply because the recipient doesn't like your answer. and those people does not want to have intelligent answers to their questions, i chose to answer this because, i know that you are an intelligent being... i dig you, because we got the same experience... now i am careful to what questions i answer simply because of this people... be careful the next time, again, i dig you...

Answer 2

I feel your pain. I got an answer deleted once about the most annoying TV commercial I'd seen. I chose that cell phone ad where the girl goes "idk, my bff Jill?" to her mom. It got penalized for it somehow. I appealed, but I haven't heard back...I have a feeling Y!A doesn't even read the content they remove, they just slap a violation on anything they get a report of.

Either way, there's not much we can do about it. Just let it roll off your back and get on with the answering :]

Answer 3

you may ward off being reported by using following the policies of the talk board. There are purely some Catholics who report questions that are in the policies. maximum human beings, whether the questions are insulting and out of doorways of the policies, do no longer report them as Jesus taught that we are to bear insults and to assume the international to hate us with the aid of fact the international hated Him. although, there are those that delight themselves in looking violators of the policies of the talk board and report all violations that they are able to looking. they are very not often Catholic yet people who desire to guard the talk board from violators. in my opinion I under no circumstances report everybody till the question or answer is sexually convey, threatening or insulting to the extreme. God bless! In Christ Fr. Joseph

Answer 4

I get the same thing for No apparent reason.
I think some folks follow our answers, maybe because our score is higher, or may be our morals are higher.
But I believe some folks follow certain names and either vote them down or report them so as to remove POINT or RELIGIOUS rivals! Points and religion the to most volatile subjects!

Answer 5

We're being reported on purpose whether we have done anything wrong or not. Sorry about your violation. We are just a couple that has them. There are plenty more.

Answer 6

I know, I've had dumb and harmless stuff reported and deleted...YET I have often reported nasty hateful things, only to notice days later that Yahoo never touched it. Go figure.

Answer 7

some people suck thats why. can you post your q/a or whatever so we can see?
right freedom of speech only works for some people I mean, this isn't exactly a public place though it's owned by yahoo so they can do whatever they want I guess, if I owned a website i'd like to be able to do whatever I want anyway

Answer 8

Some people don't see the beauty in differences of opinions, so they report it. Sad but true

Answer 9

It is the feel of power! mwahahaha!

Seriously, I think some just get a power trip from it. A sense of ha ha I can get at you. Some questions from obvious trolls deserve it but I think it is abused.

Answer 10

I got 2 also..the only ones that need report in my opinion is racist hate talk and Porno talk & pictures