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Mike10613 asked in Yahoo ProductsYahoo Answers · 1 decade ago

Are we all lab rats in a giant experiment on Yahoo Answers?

I posted a question about this 2 days ago and emailed yahoo for an explanation - no response - except for the usual automated email. Now for the expose! I think Yahoo Answers is a experiment in Human computation and has been done without asking our permission first. Please read my blog on it at this URL:

http://mike10613-humancomputation.blogspot.com/

Then let me kow what you think? Do we have a case to bring a class action against Yahoo in the courts for conspiring to mislead us and the people who use Flickr? Or have they been careless and let foreign students hack the Yahoo answers server? There is a mystery - I've pointed you in the right direction - you decide and please plenty of answers!

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  • dumb
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Definitely this is a big butt experiment and yes, you can have a big butt law suit some day, and yes, they are taking us all for a ride and keeping records on all the participants so that law enforcement profiling will be more complete when you are dragged into court someday for whatever accusation somebody has on you. Not only yahoo answers, but also many other areas within the Yahoo establishment are illegal, unethical and immoral as information is being tabulated and arranged. Many believe that Yahoo is really an out of control group who pretends to know what they are doing, but really are quite lost and are on a beast that they can't stop and some are certifiably worried as the beast of information is carrying them to unknown places with unknown results. So in many ways the creators of this beast are in as much danger as the participants. This beast of information has been unleashed for sometime now and I don't know of anybody who has a clue as to where all this crap is headed. Good luck to all our futures because we are clueless as to what and where the hell we are going. Poof.

    Source(s): yahoobeasting.org
  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    It may seem like that at times, but God is in total control of what is taking place. We have the choice to follow Him, if you don't then satan controls and manipulates us. He wants to be allowed to influence every part of our life, but we have to let Him in. We are not just a bunch of rats (even though we act like it at times), but He wants to be involved in our lives and help us.

  • 1 decade ago

    Ever since Yahoo started recording the ips of everyone using their chat rooms (but not telling you til you are IN the chatroom), I've been suspicious of them. But at the end of the day I'm not giving away any secrets.. so I don't mind.

    It is devious though if they are gathering info for other purposes, I love a good conspiracy! Thanks for the info :)

  • 1 decade ago

    It's the behavioural psychology of animals, commonly known as 'pulling habits out of rats' ... magicians been doing it for years :-)

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Gotta get to level 2!

  • Coley
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    My god... I've been answering questions for a good hour, and FINALLY someone has made me go WOOOOAA MAN, just like i used to do when i was a stoner!!

    Good question dude!

  • 1 decade ago

    It's 100% voluntary. If you're a lab rat it's because you let yourself be.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I hope not but it had crossed my mind, kinda frightening how we're all connected via a common link.

  • 1 decade ago

    Wow like

    No

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    dont know.

    but it would not work because i will bet that a massive percentage of the answers on this are pure bullshit.

    (as are the questions)

    Source(s): i am to a certain extent a bullshitter!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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