If someone's Q & A or account was deleted due to either violation of community guidlines and/or malicious reporting, what would be the point for the person to take this issue to the YA admin since the person must have violated "something" in order to have his/her Q & A or account deleted. Am I correct?
2007-12-03 20:42:47 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
Was just curious thats all.....
2007-12-03 20:49:14 · update #1
correction: must have had violated sth...
2007-12-03 20:54:46 · update #2
Twilight: Interesting.
2007-12-03 20:55:45 · update #3
Rachel M- I guess a troll with sufficient reason.
2007-12-03 22:14:18 · update #4
It isn't exactly known.
If 1 or more "top reporter" reports a question or answer, it can receive a violation there and then. If a question is simply reported by anyone, then yahoo say that they check it, though whether that is a human check or some kind of piece of programming isn't known.
Nor is it known whether accounts are suspended automatically or with human intervention.
It is quite possible that accounts are suspended because a top reporter systematically posts enough reports for the account to be deleted before any appeals can be posted.
It is also likely true that almost every accoun on the forums could be suspended if someone checked each post against guidelines, which are as vague as making "ranting" and "chatting" violations of terms.
In short, if all of us could be suspended, then suspension is not a matter or merit, but of who is being targeted. Nobody is safe.
Malicious reporting is where a persons posts are targeted for violation rather than where somebody simply reports violations as they see them. It also includes posting reports on posts which don't violate terms.
As to whether there is a point actioning it. That depends very much on your perspective. The only people who know what users are posting reports are Yahoo. If the community suspects, as I suspect - that some people are abusing their reeport buttons to target specific users for deletion then only Yahoo can act to prevent it. None of us knows who such reporters are.
2007-12-03 20:53:47 · answer #1 · answered by Twilight 6 · 8⤊ 1⤋
The Yahoo Appeals forum is an interesting place, have you checked it out? Yes, Whiner you are correct. It takes repeated notifications and actual violations to get your account suspended. If you feel something has been reported in error, please appeal at the forum and that member will have reduced reporting ability.
What some people don't realize is that it is Yahoo's goal to clean up the site. So it doesn't become cluttered, like the other chat sites. So that real questions can be asked and answered. The community guidelines have some wiggle room so that only the worst offenders receive violations or suspensions.
Yahoo is tolerant and fair. What is good for one, must be good for all. If a violation hasn't been caught yet, it will surely be caught in the future, by someone. There isn't an expiration, it can be reported any time, by anyone.
The system is improving all the time. We have a duty to appeal wrongful violations, so that members who wrongfully or maliciously report will have less influence over the community in the future. More people than you think, read our questions and answers. There is a Yahoo Answers Justice League in the forum, that helps to get rid of the "poop". Getting away with violations, isn't really an option anymore. There are too many people.
I haven't seen anyone in the appeals forum complaining about being suspended for anything other than repeated violations. There used to be, and still will be, Yahoo hopes over time, to get rid of malicious reporting altogether if at all possible.
I have received violations too.
Take care.
2007-12-04 05:20:37 · answer #2 · answered by Jen 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
All it takes is two people to report a question (who are in good standing)- and the question gets deleted, regardless of the content of the question. Have this happen enough times to the same person in a specific period of time, and the person's account gets suspended or deleted. So no, technically, you don't have to truly violate anything, and it can happen. All you have to do is be targeted by a person (or persons) who wish to see you gone...and that's all it takes. Y/A doesn't even seem to respond to or read appeals notices or appeals posted on their boards. No explanations are typically ever given.
EDIT: Twilight has a point: almost every post made by any of us has the potential for a "legitimate" deletion on the grounds of chatting, using user's names, making statements that are not actual questions...which we've all (esp. the regulars here) have been guilty of more often than not. And if these are the reasons for the deletion, you really can't expect Yahoo to acknowledge your appeal, since you technically violated the guidelines...albeit in an insignificant way (and everyone does it)...but rules are rules...no matter how silly or how big the potential for abuse (of the rule) may be.
2007-12-03 22:01:50 · answer #3 · answered by It's Ms. Fusion if you're Nasty! 7 · 6⤊ 1⤋
People will gang up on those individuals they don't like and report them for every single little question or answer. I have had numerous innocuous q and a's deleted. You can get a violation for virtually nothing and I have had some reversed. It just seems odd that some very inflammatory postings are left while others are taken out.
With my violations I believe that it is anti feminists who don't care for my opinions and feel they can retain a sense of power by reporting me. Personally I don't really care. It is like getting thumbs down which I see as a triumph. Obviously I am ruffling somebodies feathers and perhaps they will be able to expand their narrow views because of this.
2007-12-04 02:51:59 · answer #4 · answered by Deirdre O 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I hate to break to some of the people here but several of the people who were deleted were deleted because they broke community guidelines. Especially the poster asking for "massaged" feminist statistics going on in a mindless rant blocking every user account except a select few feminists who always agreed with her. So yes you are correct they did do something wrong.
2007-12-04 03:48:26 · answer #5 · answered by Zombie: Rebel Without a Pulse 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
There have been a few instances (none of them involving my alleged violations) when the "ruling" was overturned and the question or answer was reposted. I believe this restores your points when it's an answer. They are not always valid complaints. You could just be targetted by a troll.
2007-12-03 22:10:16 · answer #6 · answered by rachel m 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Perhaps I have missed your point but are you not a said person who in the guise of the avatar Whiner has posted not very nice comments about posters, including myself?
Correct me if I am wrong- however I know I am not- hence your question-admirably answered by Twilight.
I have nothing to add
2007-12-04 01:48:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
The person who would do this usually has a vendetta against the reportee and is trying everything in their power to get rid of them. This has been the downfall of several good answerers.
2007-12-04 03:59:09 · answer #8 · answered by Rio Madeira 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Rob Less, get with the programme - that is HARDLY the case at ALL. It's the feminists who are under attack, NOT the anti-feminists. Their offensive crap remains UP!!
2007-12-03 21:46:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
Any time someone disagree with feminism, a woman complains and the man's account is deleted.
Feminists run rampant at Yahoo Answers.
2007-12-03 21:00:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 9⤋