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I thought Yahoo Answers outlawed Stock Answers?

(for those who don't know what a stock answer is......)

When you answer multiple questions with the same answer, over and over.

This is a violation, but I see yahoo must allow certain individuals whom they like or are on their friends list to do this now!!

Do you think this is far? Is Yahoo Answers Team playing Favorites now?

Update:

LOL I said far when I meant Fair!! LOL

Good eyes! But you know what I mean.....

and those who haven't seen it maybe you haven't looked! It is in the dropped down bar, repeated postings!! Old name is stock answer!!

Update 2:

And those who say they trust yahoo will do something about it!! LOL

Go back once and look at your violations you've sent in!! You must be blind to reality of this site! Why do you think the old leaders are dropping off? Sick and tired of the cheaters. I assume!

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  • Adam
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    The Yahoo answers team is busy so they can't catch everything. Honestly, I didn't know that stock answers were outlawed. The last time I read the community guidelines, I didn't see it there. Maybe they do play favorites. I am sure they have a list of names of people who have racked up a lot of violations and those people are high up on the YA team blacklist.

    Go to the forum and complain. It isn't fair if the YA team is playing favorites.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    No, they don't play favorites.

    Have you ever checked how many questions there

    are, in all categories?

    If you see stock answers - and don't like it - report them to yahoo.

    Eventually, someone at Yahoo will do something about that.

    To me, it really does not matter.

    It's those stupid ones - thanks for the 2 points - that I don't like.

    But reporting those is a waste of time.

    I checked - yes it says "Repeated Postings". I always thought it meant

    the same question over and over again. Thanks for the tip.

    Maybe Yahoo should rename or add "Stock Answers".

    Most people don't realize that this is what is means.

    But it sure upsets you a lot.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    It's nice having friends at yahoo

  • 1 decade ago

    I simply report and move on. I just trust that Answers deals with it.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Havent seen this happening and its not on dropdown list

  • rere
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    It's definitely not "far" and yahoo is not a person.............so yahoo is probably not sitting there deciding who they like and who they don't.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    yep

  • 1 decade ago

    yes, i think so.

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