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Why is it necessary for Yahoo Answers to take a breather?

It's all electronic. It's not like those in charge at Answers are answering any questions, for Pete's sake.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    There are several reasons why these Breather messages appear, and hear they are:

    1) You already reached your daily limit to answer questions.

    2) There are the same links in in several Q&A's.

    3) While you were writing down your answer, the question was removed.

    4) There are more than four links in your answer.

    5) You voted too fast

    6) Your Y!A behavior is similar to a Spammer so you are being blocked

    7) You have been on the system too long

    8) Your browser's cookies are sending the wrong info

    9) You used the percent sign or the plus sign in your answer.

    10) You have been on the answer's page for more than three minutes without doing anything.

    Hope I helped!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Coffee Break/Breather.

    It is when they are fiddling with the system.

    This can often be bypassed by back clicking, waiting a few seconds and then continuing.

    If that doesn’t work try another country.

    Click on a flag at the bottom.

    I am on Yahoo Australia and if we are having that problem so I switched to Yahoo New Zealand.

    Check that you haven’t done your daily limit.

    If you are using the percentage button that will also bring it up.

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