why does yahoo give the option to report abuse but never does anything about it or answers emails?
336382
They do something about it.\nSometimes it takes awhile.
214461
Yes, my account was temporarily suspended because of some people who could not refute my answers with truth, so they attempted to silence me by claiming abuse. I contacted Yahoo Corporate Offices, my account was re-instated and now they are more careful about frivilous complaints of abuse. A forum such as this has a responsibility to encourage free speech.
53290
If you open your question, there's a link that says "Report Abuse" right under your name.  Good luck!
920212
Yes they do. They ignore our reports of abuse a lot of the time, when other users are in clear violation of insulting other participants. Nothing is done a lot of the time about this, and our very fair answers to these bigotted questions are unfairly deleted. I had it happen to me the other night. It is just another form of oppression. And I am very sick of it. Alright guys, is this the official boycott Yahoo page? I'm in.
14764
Report abuse, or what i would do is send them a threatening e-mail.\nOK I WOULDNT DO THAT.
222312
I'm guessing you're talking about here at Yahoo Answers. The report abuse button is for anything that doesn't follow the community guidelines. When you report abuse, someone from the Yahoo Answers team will review the violation. If they find it actually does violate community guidelines, they send the offender a notice and remove the offensive posting. After 5 notices, your Yahoo account (all Answers info will be removed, mailbox shut down, etc.) will be suspended (I think it's like 3-5 days) and if this situation happens again, your Yahoo account can be completely terminated. You have the right to appeal the suspension & termination with Yahoo.
993706
Unfortunately freedom of speech means we have to put up with jerks. \n\nHowever if there are abusive posts just keep reporting them till the writer of them gets barred. If it wasn't long ago that you reported it then maybe no one at yahoo has seen your complaint yet. \nAll you can do is avoid disgusting people, I suppose it's not our place to judge or condemn but that doesn't mean we have to listen to racism etc.
787321
There is too much censorship in Yahoo. I'm a resaonable person, I don't offend anyone. But if some nut just reports, Yahoo removes the question or answer. they even close some of the accounts altogether.
1000064
HAPPENED TO ME, A GUY PM ME SAYING HE WAS FROM YAHOO ANSWERS TEAM AND ACCUSING ME FROM BEING A CHEATER THEN AFTER SOME HOURS MY ACCOUNT STOP WORKING, I MADE A NEW ONE AND NOW THEY SENT ME AN E MAIL WITH VIOLATION WARNING ABOUT A QUESTION THAT I VE NEVER ANSWERED, I GUESS SOME POWERFULL HACKERS ARE HERE PLAYING TOUGH WITH US,BUT YAHOO TEAM IS NOT ABLE TO DISCOVER THEM, YAHOO KEEP ON PUTTING NICE NEW FEATURES BUT THEY DO NOTHING ABOUT HACKERS AND BOOTERS PROBLEMS, DONT KNOW ,,I REALLY THOUGHT YAHOO WAS HAVING A VERY ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY BUT IT S JUST SILLY GAMES AND NO SERIOUS CUSTOMER SERVICE
1030717
Sorry, but I don't know why.  Yahoo takes off anything that anyone reports, and someone may have reported you for whatever was in your edited reply.  Some people at this site are report abuse happy, and appear to be offended by the slightest little things.  It's too bad that we don't have freedom of speech (rather of writing) what we believe.
496113
http://help.yahoo.com/help/abuse/
1108765
I have been saying all along that we need to use the Report Abuse function freely.  I do it whenever I see something objectionable.  Now, you may call me a fussy old lady, but really, I'm pretty tolerant.  If a person has a question about something controversial, they can bloody well say it in a polite (somewhat clinical, perhaps) fashion, and we will answer, and chances are good that no one will report abuse on it.  But tacky stuff with bad attitude should be pushed off the site with repeated reports of abuse.  And there is NO place here for bigotry or hate.  Ain't got time for it, Brothers and Sisters!
8506
If someone has reported an abuse and the report can be justified, Yahoo will be quick in deleting it. I have reported a couple of abuses and Yahoo was quick to respond. Did not do it to you for sure
594821
Forward it to abuse@yahoo.com  You'll first get an automated reply. Then, if it's about another yahoo user, they'll tell you action has been taken.
549692
well all anyone has to do is click on the report abuse thing and you get one.  I once got one for a question and it wasn't against anything, just I guess some one with a different political opinion got pissed and clicked it.\n\nand they are guidelines, not rules :P lol
1182153
go to bottom of the email report headers and forward to abuse @yahoo.com with explanation
878569
I don't think they question anything.  If someone sends in a report, I think they automatically slap the person with a violation.  In todays' oh-so-politically correct atmosphere, we've raised a bunch of thin-skinned crybabies who simply cannot tolerate anyone having an opinion that doesn't match their own.