I have a philosophical problem with YA can you help me?

Question

I recieved a notice that I was in violation of the community rules for a response I gave to a question:

Question: In the end, does anything matter?
Question Details: Deleted Answer: "All you need is love"
Violation Reason:Not a Question or Answer

My issue is this: Philosophically I feel I answered the question to the best of my ability, and completely as possible, given the nature of the question. So I pose this to the Philosophers, was it 'right' of YA to delete my response? Was my response deleted out of ignorance to the nature of the question/answer format that can arise amongst philosophers?
If Marshall McLuhan's response of "The Medium is the Message" were deleted prior to the academic world getting their heads around it... where would we, the YA community, be???
I welcome all debates, and request that no 'text talk' happen as it is very hard to read...

I suggested to the admin of YA that their time be better spent going after the gramatically challenged than myself... we'll see if they respond.

I guessed that someone must have reported my answer... but there are like 6 other answers much like mine!
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AunSJ9uL2cJcwTSrVpPBqZQjzKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20071215121830AARycxf

I am in the process of appealing... and have directed them to see this thread if they at all care about the integrity of an online community.
I had nothing much to do all weekend so this was pretty much my highlight. thank you all for sharing your thoughts and support.
Cheers

Answer 1

Y/A is a somewhat overburdened, dysfunctional bureaucracy.

It would be better served by revising its deletion policy in this way:

1. No single "ding" would be sufficient to remove an answer; two or more "dings" required.

2. At least a random minor sampling review of dings ought be taken; it would be statistically doable, and therefore cost-effective.

3. Any dinged answerer, who emails Y/A, or at least a statistically representative small sample if economics constrains, ought receive a review of his or her answer and if the dingers were found in some kind of censoring mode, without real cause, then they ought to receive the penalty they imposed on the answerer.

The more people note such to Y/A, the more Y/A will catch on that something's wrong with their present design.

"All you need is love" is a simple answer. It is also the basis of the Three major Commandments of Christianity, and the two of Judaism, plus representative of all major world religions ("Love God completely, love colleague as Self, love as Christ Jesus, Truth, loves.")

Perhaps the dinger needed a reference?

cordially,

j.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

YA either does, or does not, have probity. If you consider the suspiciously prolix response of "j153e", a formulaic equivocation, you'll begin to grasp what is happening. Hack intellectuals on the corporate dole take temporary notice only when something tasty falls off the dinner plate.

Answer 4

Your answer was deleted because of one persons opinion. They felt that your answer was in fact not an answer or a question. The people at YA do not have time to go over every answer that is reported, and will just delete it since someone found it offensive.

But since all you need is love, move on to someone offline who loves you more than the computer at YA and someone who disagrees with you on a stupid question.

Answer 5

Hey MaritimeGypsy. I recently received a violation notice for an answer in which I merely complemented the asker for asking an interesting question!

Sadly, this site is not dominated by 'rocket scientists' and, consequently, many on it are cerebrally challenged.

So, take the violation notice with the proverbial grain of salt.

Best wishes.

Answer 6

I definitely think you answered the question and YA have been a little harsh in putting a violation notice on your answer. I don't know the calibre of those in YA that are acting as judge and jury over the Q's and A's but they seem to let slip through all sorts of rubbish, bigotry, racism, obscurity and downright rudeness, so how they passed such a judgement on you is beyond me.

Answer 7

It was a closed question, so, strictly speaking, to obey the rules you would have to answer yes or no, then give extra details as you wished. Any other answer is not answering the question. It is frustrating to find yourself in violation for thinking, but it happens. I would not have wished that answer to be deleted, I thought we all came on here to think (at whatever level we choose at the time).

Answer 8

Do you reality think that they have time to evaluate a deep answer or to verify why we put a question in a category different than the 4 ones recommended by the program?
I don't think so.
YA Administration works in many ways as a computer program and not as a human mind. I received two violations recently and I still don't know what I do "wrong".

Welcome to the cruel world.....

Answer 9

I have had exactly the same experience, and complained directly to YA. The problem is that YA are just like my local council; in short, A Law Unto Themselves.

Answer 10

Gets your goat, doesn't it. Someone reports it and you get a violation. Be happy in the knowledge that no great harm has be done, its a bdge of honour, feel pride.