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Do you think that Sponsored / Official Questions should be dropped?

This is a service for 'the people' is it not? There are quite a few 'sponsored' or 'official' questions in Yahoo! Answers these days. Sainsbury, Think! and many other politicians and 'celebrities'.

Do you think this an abuse of the Yahoo! system - using US to gather marketing materials, promote themselves or ask the same idiotic 'mobile phone' question five times?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Yes; celebrities only do stuff like this to showcase their pet causes. As far as I'm concerned they can pay the money to have an advertisement on TV; Y/A is, as you say, for "the people", most of whom can't afford to put their questions or issues on TV.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Absolutely.

  • LillyB
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    I have no objection to celebrities or policiticans but I object to Sainsbury's and will never be interacting with them.

  • xxx
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Definitely,positively,absolutely, unequivocally as soon as practicable,they are the scourge of YA.

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  • 1 decade ago

    It's a good idea. It is not being over-done, being pushy, or obscenely commercial. We are entering into the Information Age and the Media sees this and is trying to adapt to it.

  • 1 decade ago

    no - the funds raised provide free services for the rest of us. Simply turn ablind eye to propaganda

  • 1 decade ago

    I'd like to know if you report them what will happen?

    Could you get their question removed?

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    no! the sycophants need somewhere to go!

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