Are these behaviours reportable violations? Should they be?
Recently I've encountered two annoying behaviours on yahoo answers. I can't quite see how they violate the community guidelines, but they definitely detract from the helpful productive atmosphere.
1. Someone asks many many questions on one particular forum, questions that either sound very uninformed or questions that are worded in a way to generate strong argument. Can I report that kind of trolling? What would be the clues to watch for in deciding whether it's reportable?
2. Recently a couple of times I've noticed that another person's response, coming after mine, has copied whole paragraphs of my response. Both times it's been an apparently-new account with the questions and answers hidden. Is this reportable?
Anonymous2009-10-12T21:07:26Z
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Yes, BOTH are reportable.
The first example is clearly trolling ... any question or answer posted for the sole and obvious intent to anger other users is inflammatory and should be reported.
The second (copy/pasting your response) is plagairism ... which is a form of theft. It's ALMOST the same as "cloning", but in this instance, the other user is not pretending to be you, but rather stealing from you. Regardless ... report it.
You may not be successful at having those questions/answers removed every time ... but you sure will feel better! :)
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