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They didn't choose to explain it to us in a specific way, as per usual. Here is what the banner on the YA main page says:
Per Yahoo:
"In order to strengthen and improve community and engagement, we are temporarily disabling comments.
Our goal is always to create a safe, engaging place to connect over interests and passions and we’d love your feedback on how to improve this experience. Please email us your feedback at yahoocommentfeedback@verizonmedia.com"
Daniel
Yahoo has Temporary Disabled Comments Until they turn them Back on you wont be able to Comment
on any Answers
They made a Announcement about it here is what they have to say about It
In order to strengthen and improve community and engagement with our audience, we are temporarily disabling comments. Our goal is always to create a safe, engaging place to connect over interests and passions. Please feedback to yahoocommentfeedback@verizonmedia.com
Mr. Right (Moving to Quora)
They apparently don't like users like me speaking the truth about idiot users who constantly insult people in the health categories... whoever is running this site, sure does want a quiet life.
ANDRE L
Because the chimps running YA are brain damaged.
Scott
The official explanation was to make Yahoo! Answers a better place. Obviously, we don’t have any more details than this rather vague statement. So we can only speculate.