What are the rules for Yahoo answers?

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You can find Yahoo's term of service down at the bottom of the page on the left hand side.

They have a policy against offencive and racist items and it should not have taken them long to remove the offencive material.

If it means anything. When people put that type of c.r.a.p in a post most (intelligent) people are offended even if it is not directed towards them. Most that would be swayed by that junk are not people you want to know anyways.

Racism by no means should be tolerated, and definitely should not be showcased. Don't pass a fault, if something that is posted is racist or incites hatred, report it and I will do the same. I hope others will follow suit.

Everyone is suppose to follow the community guidelines. Which are located to the left of the box when you reply to any question. Most people on here don't report abuse of the guidelines, so alot of stuff slides through. Someone who will report just happened to come across your question and not the other one. If it had racist stuff that offended you.... why didn't YOU report it? You should have! I report anything I come across that is against the guidelines. Kids get on here too, and as a parent I feel someone needs to protect them as best we can.

My theory is that, since it's in Beta (i.e. testing stage), there are either not enough staff to manage it as fully as would be the case for a commercial project, or they are deliberately testing the 'Report Abuse' system by acting on some reports and not on certain others - in other words, moving the goal posts to a set pattern.

If it were my project and had I the resources to do it, I would certainly do the latter.

Read your community guidelines.

People on Answers are the ones who are reporting abuse. It depends on if the person answering the questions is offended by something that was said. If they were, they can and probably do report you.

I am afraid the rules are hard to impose. The more people report racist language the more chance it becomes a rule. But foul language or dirty pictures are easier to discover, there is less discussion about it, so they remove it faster

Guess its hard for them to patrol each and every aspect but its frustrating when people read the T&Cs, get reported and STILL allowed to post. Ah well, what can you do!

yeah that is krazy so what if you had a puzzy on profile that is your dame profile but your right about one thing some of the nonsense that I have witnessed in reference to racial and child porn or molestation has not be removed and that is krazy

the rule seems to get away with it as long as u can

first rule: enjoy

second rule: ignore

third rule: make points