Do You think the "Yahoo Answer Team" Will Read, Post and Respond to this Comment?

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I posted the following question in the "Yahoo Answers Team" Group about the new efforts they are making to stop trolls:

I applaud your efforts. Thank you.

 But I hope you do not overdo it.

This weekend I was deleted five times and had many points deducted for the following question in the LGBT section: "What is your favorite lesbian vampire movie?" I then explained in the details that this was a genre of movies made in the 1970's for general audiences. The movies are now popular in the lesbian community--they are campy and sexy.
 
There was no legitimate reason to remove this. And it made me real mad. Although, for good reason, you are not giving the details of your system, I kinda assume part of it is filtering for key words--and it may have appeared to a machine or a non-thinking person that I was trashing lesbians by calling them vampires.


Although I could care less about your point system and all, I think you should give me my points back and let me repost the question out of fairness. I understand that you actually do read this forum—so maybe I can get a real response from you —rather than another boilerplate nastygram.

I hope this system while very admirable (the LGBT section had become unusable) does not become so sanitized that free speech and fun is eliminated. Though you want to be real high tech all the time--you need to have real humans involved in this more intimately.

While I know you want everyone to police the community, I am certainly not going to become a cybercrybay and tattletale. I do not think this is appropriate and leads to vindictive vigilante attacks. You are a very profitable company. Your users are your assets. You have an obligation to treat that asset with care and respect. I expect you to exert the kind of money and effort to make your services worthwhile—and not hide behind the real nice sounding “community” moniker.

But, I do thank you for your recent efforts.

~Becky

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

If you feel this violation is unwarranted then you can appeal directly to the Yahoo Answers Team.

http://messages.answers.yahoo.com/answers/threadview?m=te&bn=SEA-YahooAnswers&tid=67581&mid=67581&tof=5&frt=1#67581

Anonymous · Answer

I absolutely love it when I see the questioner took time to add remarks! I'd actually rather see that feedback than extra stars. Sometimes the extras are real treats and make me smile and/or laugh. I especially love it when it's an in-joke that likely has others puzzling over it. Know what else? I keep some in a folder to reread when I need cheering up. If the person accepts emails, I sometimes send thanks or a response to what was said, especially if I have something I found out later about the question. So, whenever I ask a question, I will try to add a comment every time.

Martin M · Answer

It doesn't matter what you write to them, they will respond with the cookie cutter response and not do anything for you.

They are being sued in England by an a man who complained that he was called names, so Yahoo is now punishing anyone for anything.

There are what is called "Trolls" who will report people for anything, just to get them suspended. This is what they do for fun, and they do this all day, because they have nothing else to do, no jobs, or school. They are exploiting the lawsuit so yahoo will suspend an innocent person and it is happening a lot.

These jerks have been suspended by good people and now they are being jerks and having good people suspended.

I will be moving to Google for my future searches and information, Yahoo has gotten out of control.

Good luck with your future questions.

Fall Down Laughing · Answer

I don't know if the Answers team will respond to this question, but I suspect your question was deleted because it is considered chatting. Ask that question in the Polls & Surveys category, and it would be OK.

Anonymous · Answer

Whom did you send it to at Y!A team?

They will read it, but whether you get a real answer is another matter

Anonymous · Answer

I don't think so. When they delete they just delete and sometimes I think it is one of them which does it for their own reason.

I don't think you'll get your points back . I hope. I like ot see diversity in Q&A, and every answer should earn points

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