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Is there any way to tell who reports you?

I see people making comments about "so and so reported me" .. I get reported often but I've never known who did it.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    I've been able to nail a couple based on answers I have provided, but I don't believe there is a way to isolate those who report questoins. The idea of the reporting feature is anonymity, but I believe you should be able to challenge a violation report and send it to arbitration. Maybe Y! Answers is really operated by the trolls.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Dear Stick Out. This is a bad system. Yesterday you picked out my pro-Obama answer as the best. One of two things may have happened: 1) some racist or McCain supporter disliked that and reported you; 2) Someone whom you reported is playing a game of "Gotcha."

    They're paying you back. I had a woman trying to sell drugs on line, reported her or at least said "shame on you." Somehow she found out or guessed who did it (while most of the other answers were "helpful" to her drug-running). So she reported me on every question I asked. I need this service since I am a writer and need to check out the behavior of my characters, but I no longer use it. I would trust YOUR answers, but I have no way to reach you except through this. My questions are mostly about how a woman would react to a given situation as opposed to how I would. Jack

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    There is no way to know for sure who reports you. Yahoo keeps that info private or to themselves. That also leads to guesswork on our parts which leads to mistakes being made.

    Some trolls do make it easy to figure them out as the reporters, like that one named: Account Destroyer. But most I fear are just people who are either report happy trolls who insist on following the rules or people who you upset for one reason or another.

  • 1 decade ago

    i never report you

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  • 1 decade ago

    I have no idea but I hope their conscience(s) is/are clear. They should be made to announce themselves. Sorry again, love.

  • 1 decade ago

    I have no idea, but I hope someone can enlighten us!

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