People like Anirudh, conradj etc who brought colour to this site were now not seen as before.\nDoes yahoo answers failed to retain them here?\nI feel yahoo should look for more than what it has done to make this site great.\nThere was good time past but now it feels bored to be here many serious questions do not get pretty good answers.\n\nThen whats the fun here?\nWhat u say?
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I think it's great, I'm 52 and learn something all the time here, it seems to be a wide mix of age groups, with that you can just about get anything answered. I'm not that good at computers and these computer whiz guys can answer any question, you throw at them.The only thing that bothers me is the very young, you don't know the person's age, that's asking the question, so you don't know how to answer it, esp. if it's related to sex. The other is spelling, we all make mistakes and not all good spellers, but there's spell check, it's like they don't even look at what they asked, because when it comes out "u can et ur tims, but whts is coss" your going  WHAT are they asking.
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I'm very much with you on this one, I totally agree with you, there are some really stupid, sick and perverted people who post the most irrelevant questions, if at all they are a question, I just wish Yahoo would do something about them, why cant they just go to a different site and say what they really want to say on a more appropriate site.\n\nThere are young children who use this site all the time, many ask for help with homework, its hardly fair for them to see such stupid rubbish
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You know, i have been wondering the same thing. I have been having some really bad problems here lately, and to be honest i thought that i could count on some of yahoo answers to help, and be nice. But, still there were some that are not helping, and answering stupidly just to get 2 pts. I dont know how much more longer i will continue to use yahoo if i keep getting negative feed back. It sounds like you and i are on the same page. Keep me in mind, and please answer my questions, and i will answer yours, and that way we know we can count on you and I!
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Hey Mickey, no need to apologise. I can understand, you must have felt as if someone was giving an order to you. I asked you for the favour because when a person answers a query, he is always inquisitive to see if the time and effort he took for answering the questions has payed off well. You had posted that you are leaving, you said 'Bye'. So, it is expected that you would have a look at the answers given by Yahooglians.\n\nDon't take this personally. Here, most of the people  who ask questions here have generally just heard about the service and are new. Many of them just come to the service to give it a 'TRY'. They ask questions and then don't come back again, hence wasting the effort made by the answerer. I have answered over 650 detailed answers by now, many of which were asked by people new to this forum, and most of my answers are still unselected because of this 'Give it a try' attitude. That's why when ever I answer to someone who hasn't earlier selected an answer for his/her question, I humbly request him to go through the answers and select the one which is satisfying. In case the answers are not to your expectations, you can wait till even 14 days. In the end, its all up to the User who asked the questions.\n\nBut you look pretty active with the system, so I don't need to tell you now. I didn't mind that. I'll continue to answer your question in my capabilities. Have fun! Merry Christmas!
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Look at from the other angle.\nAll these days they were not\neven asking any questions.\nAt least this site has provided\nthem an opportunity to express.\nThey have transformed from Silent\nmode to (Some)Question mode.Next\nhaving realized the potential of\nthis mode,they will ask right questions\nand you can give right answer,Till then...
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I was thinking the same thing. Probably because they think it is funny, or want to see if there are people out there who take their sick stuff seriously. \nI believe most of those questions are in violition with the guidelines. A solution might be to report a question like that and if Yahoo feels the question is indeed violating their guidelines, the question will be removed. If pple do continue to ask those kind of questions, their id can be removed too by yahoo.\nTiff
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The Yahoo! Answers Team cares very much about these things. They have worked very hard on making this site the very best that it can be.\n\nUnfortunately, there is always someone to spoil the party. Over-all this IS a fantastic site. With that said, yes, we all know that it does have its problems, and you have certainly identified one of the biggest ones.\n\nThe Yahoo! Answers Team is currently working on solving this problem. As some else in this thread already mentioned, abusers often open a new account as soon as they are suspended and continue the violating behavior.\n\nThe best that we can do at the moment is use the "Report Abuse" button whenever you see this violation, or any other of the Community Guidelines. This is a way that e can all assist the Y!AT in combating this problem.\n\nThere have also been discussions going on in the Forum (link at the top of every page), about the use of "Volunteer User Moderators".  They are currently trying to work out a way to insure that it will work out properly.\n\nPlease, rest assured, that the Y!AT DOES care very much!
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It was okay, and then I got addicted. Recently a perfectly legit question of mine was deleted and now I'm having reservations about continuing my Yahoo Answers account. When perverts can get on here and rant about having sex with everything under creation and I ask a question about cussing at a teacher and they delete it, I have to question the people who is running this place. Maybe I'll get to level six and just quit until rumor has it they fix this awful mess.
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I've  thought this from the start. Especially when those potty mouthed questions are only for that purpose, just to talk dirt. Believe it or not, it has gotten better since I first came on board. It still has a lot of room for improvement. I have noticed several questions that have been yanked that seemed OK to me. I couldn't figure a good reason why. Maybe we should take this to the Yahoo questions crew.
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You're not the only person to have this complaint. I think the Yahoo Answers Team has varying standards and depending on who reviews the questions / answers determines what stays and what goes. I've seen people post things with vulgar language, racist overtones, etc. in direct violation of community standards, but nothing happens..... the Q or A remains. I've even asked Y!A about this and never got a response.  Go figure.\n\nplrr
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I agree. Because people want to get points here, and not bothering to answer actual question. Personaly I think that this Q&A thing yahoo did is amazing, I cant stop using and I dont give a damn about the points...
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When you come to this site, you have to come knowing that all sorts of people will come and give advice.  There are people giving answers that are not serious about their answers, some really are ignorant and unlearned, the worst are the ones who are racist and morally wrong.  When you get the answers, just disregard the bad ones and consider the good ones.  This is really what makes this site fun, at least sometimes.
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Good Joke!\n\nThere are always some people that will say that it has been posted already, "I've seen it before", or just don't like some jokes.\n\nSo What? Most jokes have been posted somewhere, at some time. They have to come from somewhere!\n\nMost of the people giving negative answers, don't even post anything, let alone jokes. They just answer questions for the points.\n\nJust post away, and forget the snide comments, after all this a Q&A place.
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You are not alone.  I am frustrated with the decreasing quality of the site due to that.  And I've seen other questions asking why it has gotten so bad, so you are not the only one.
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Hi this is a place where anyone with a yahoo id can ask or answer questions.  There aer allot of people who ask silly questions ro make inappropriate remarks but for the most part allot of the question are legitimate.\nThey have allot of catagories to choose from and it can be a great source to find out something you have not been able to find out yourself.\nThe point are only a matter of getting into higher levels to have greater access to the answers section.\nCheck out their help/FAQ page for more info.
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There are now 3 answers to it.\n\nOne of the other people on here was having that problem and she ask me to go into here profile page and click on the question and answer it.  When I did that, then she could find it.  Yahoo is still trying to work out the bugs now that they have changed their programming(it was done on the 15th).  I went into forum and there were a lot of people complaining about their questions being lost and them not getting credit for the ones they did answer.  Yahoo is still working on it.   \nHope this answers your questions and problem.
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Yes I had a question deleted which I could not figure out why. I guess because a man gave a nasty answer and I edited and named him and questioned his motives. (that's all I said ..wonder_why I'm wondering about your motives too) then the next thing I know my question was wiped out by yahoo and yahoo sent me an email saying if I think their decision an error then click on a link to contact them. I just let it go but yet I'm puzzled because there are a lot of a$$holes here who write pedophilia and child rapists who showboat and yahoo leaves them although they are reported so I don't know what's going on with yahoo.