Has this happened to you?
I just saw that someone (BJ) copied and pasted my exact answer to this question:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080331161448AAaonnT&r=w#JJNkG1T2VErCKVA8tbvb
I reported him, but what else should I do? He does not accept email, so I can't write him about it.
Anonymous
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I was so tempted to copy and paste your question as a new one - you know, as an April fools joke...
But, I decided that enough people would probably not get it and report me and I would get kicked off while the real trouble makers continue to go on with their nonsense...
I did notice the one you mention... I was just quickly scanning through and I thought... wait a minute that looks familiar...
What is worse, there are unscrupulous forum / discussion group owners that "scrape" content from Y!A and post it in their forums as if a user had done so... But wait, it gets better. They even take your username. Do a google on your username and you will see some of your posts in forums that you have had nothing to do with (easier to find them with a unique username).
Oh well... I'm rambling.
isabella
You are not the only one experiencing the glitches - being directed to where you did not wish to go etc. and it is all 'more than a little annoying'. All the problems with the site, plus the unfair deletions and thumbing down for no reason are driving people away. It's not the happy place it used to be. I don't know whether the problems are just with Senior Citizens or whether all categories are the same. In the other categories they just seem to ask and answer whereas we respond to each other more. Maybe that is what Yahoo don't like and they are manipulating a shut down of this category. My guess is that the advertisers (Yahoo's main source of income) don't have a clue what is going on. They'd pull the plug if they knew the extent of the problems and the numbers leaving (UNLESS it is happening ONLY in this category).
firebird2110x
Reporting him is all you can do. It's very clearly against Y!A rules. Don't know if he'll get banned for a first offence.
glurpy
You just report them when they do that. I've seen it happen in here before as well as other areas. They do it for points.
Gypsy
Yes, he is a repeat offender. Is there somewhere on here where you can report an infringement on intellectual property? That is what it is. I found it but lost the spot.