How is this abuse...no swear words no racist comments?
OK, I just found out I got reported for abuse. I have no idea why. I did appeal and they said it was still abuse and did not give a reason. My answer was"I don't know, but I know it's true" Now yes, depending on the question it can be but the question was "Why are some babies born lighter at birth? My answer wasn't that different than the others just not as detailed Should I have put in a friend of mine had a son that it happened to that's why I know? I am at a loss and feel hurt by this as I was only trying to convey it's not abnormal. So, is there a way to contact Y! answers and have them give a reason? Or am I wrong? If you think I am wrong please include why as I have no idea what I did wrong. Thanks. I am posting this in this section b/c this is where the question was asked and is usu where I am when on answers.
2009-03-24T11:16:56Z
I will let it go and am not the type to hold a grudge. I was just trying to figure out if they have real people reading the appeals/abuse reporting. Just insight I gues to become better at answering and not get reported
2009-03-24T11:18:16Z
I never answer a question just to get points, ever
jsvolka2009-03-24T11:21:21Z
Favorite Answer
I don't know if this'll be any help or anything. But when I first began I was reported along with my account suspended. I didn't feel I had done anything wrong, but who knows really. But I had gone onto another area of Yahoo!Answers and got a suggestion to email
y_answrs_team@yahoo.com
It's not the appeals process, but they seem to look into it a little closer. I dunno. They gave me my account back at any rate, I didn't want to start the routine of creating a new account every time someone either accidently, or maliciously reported something.
I don't see any abuse in it at all. Maybe someone was offended? You could have included that your friend's son was born lighter, but that's a fact. It's not like you're saying "All of the horrible people in the world are born lighter why is that?" You know? I think someone was just angry at you for no reason. A lot of people will just take something and twist it into their own words and make other people look exactly the way they want them too. I don't know why some people can answer questions with racist comments and swear words and not get reported for abuse. I think it was just bad luck on your part. Sorry.
If you feel strongly enough against being reported, and HAVE FACTS as to why you should not have been, AND your answer could not be construed as chatting, then you should appeal it. The email that they send you has a link to appeal it.
FYI, each of the two the times I have had my answers reported I have successfully appealed it, due to explaining out my answer as thorough as possible, and my answers were both resubmitted to their questions.
Some people report just because they think an answer is useless, and should not have been done. Others, like me, only report for obvious things that clearly are against the Y! TOS.
I got reported for stupid things too that were not abuse at all. I appealed and got the same thing back that they checked it out and it was still a violation. I asked for them to explain how 2 different times and didn't get a response.
The fact is that anyone can click on that little tab that says "report abuse" for any reason that they feel. Yahoo answers is just a big computer system so they have no emotion for you. It sucks but things like that just happen. Sorry!