Last night someone asked the question, "What are you good at making?" I thought I would be a little funny, and my answer was, "Love to my wife."
When I checked my email this morning, I found that someone reported me, yahoo removed my answer, and I lost 11 points. I have read both questions and answers that are by far a lot more lewd and adult than what I said, without they getting censored. I think this was ticky tacky and downright nit picky. What do you think?
2007-11-23 00:53:36 · 18 answers · asked by rhino 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
OMG that's soo funny! you should have gotten a 10!! i freak n hate all the TROLLS on here! i have 20 violations!! Check it out ONE was from me saying "How the weather" ANOTHER was that i was trying to be polite and said : "you dummy!! they were too! really stupid!! LOL!! there trolls i tell you !! hate them!! i do!!
2007-11-23 02:49:35 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it was a cute answer, and not to crude or too adult. But as long as some report monkey has an issue with it, anything reported is automatically removed, and then it is up to YOU to appeal it. (I think it should be the other way around, the reporters should have to prove EXACTLY which rule was violated before removal, NOT automatic removal, and then the reported person having to prove that their question is OK)
You could try appealing it, the process is rather lenghthy and frustrating (don't believe the 48 hour window they promise on the appeals board) but I had a question falsely reported, I appealed, and eventually my question & points were restored.
So give it a try, and maybe in a month, you'll get your answer back and your points.
I would go ahead an appeal it, you might lose, but if you win, the report monkey is considered less reliable. If enough people appeal the same report monkey, eventually they will have very little, if any influence.
2007-11-23 09:01:23 · answer #2 · answered by queenthesbian 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YA censorship is fickle. I recently had an answer reported and I was frustrated because it wasn't a lewd response and it didn't violate any of the guidelines. Some idiot asked something along the lines of "Why are people mad about the Jena six? The white kids are really the victims and this country always favoring minorities." I responded "Are you from a red state?" because you can't argue with some one who would use that kind of logic. In the end, every answer could be taken as controversial no matter how benign the author believes it to be. Whether or not it gets reported depends on who stumbles upon it and the mood they are in. Don't take it too seriously; whoever reported it didn't take your comment in the way it was meant to be taken.
2007-11-23 09:05:29 · answer #3 · answered by gills 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree, I have seen answers much more racy than that and I guess they didn't get reported. The thing is that you were in the wrong place at the wrong time. The person who read that and reported it should have just moved on. BUT as you know there are just people who live to make others miserable.
Take it in stride. It is just a fun Q&A site.
2007-11-23 09:09:29 · answer #4 · answered by Indya M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that Yahoo does not even read what you said, I think if a person reports you, you lose 10 points. I had this happen to me and when I ask Yahoo, they did not even bother to respond back, so don't worry about it, it happens to everyone, lol
2007-11-23 16:17:14 · answer #5 · answered by tnbadbunny 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would have put the same answer, people live a long lame boring life, I would imagine those kind of people are snobby nosed jerks, that do not have a life...
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2007-11-23 12:15:48 · answer #6 · answered by CaptainChris 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think there is some idiot out there who's the sneaky type feeling a little power due to being able to get someone else in "trouble." Every school and neighborhood has one. And, if it was a male, probably jealous! :-)
2007-11-23 10:00:26 · answer #7 · answered by jackie b 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not a bad answer - there are some stupid people out there. But then again people may have been offended by that, not everyone is the same minded.
2007-11-23 08:58:25 · answer #8 · answered by Janie B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life goes on. You said it and someone was "offended" or probably not thinking properly. Y!A should revise the rules so they're not too "zero tolerant" and unfairly charge people with insanely PC policies.
2007-11-23 11:04:19 · answer #9 · answered by DB 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree. I also received a violation, because someone asked what was the most embarrassing event of your life & I answered, why would I tell you?
2007-11-23 09:00:42 · answer #10 · answered by shermynewstart 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋