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Where is my question?
I just asked a question and its not on the forum to be answered. I double checked my profile to make sure it got posted and it says open and its in the correct category, however it's not showing up.
I have checked in the help menu, but can't seem to find any other similar issues or a way to report it.
Is there anything I can do?
I posted my question almost an hour ago maybe just shy of an hour, but its been sufficient time to show up.
3 Answers
- Yahzmin ♥♥ 4everLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Questions are prescreened for certain words and/or phrases, to help spot violations. Flagged questions are held for staff review. So some questions may not post for hours – or may get violated by staff. Delayed questions will be off the front page, so get very few answers.
If you are posting questions with links in them, this can delay the question posting or even cause it to not post. To get around this, post the question without the link first, then return to the question and use the PENCIL under it to put the link in the ‘additional details’ section.
- 1 decade ago
How long ago did you post it? If it is 2 minutes (sometimes more) or less it will not show up in the category. Sometimes you have to wait a couple minutes before it shows up.
I saw it in your profile too. Yahoo!Answers works up all the time because of the new features. Try re-posting the question, and then see if it shows up. If it doesn't it is probably going threw a staff review to see if it is acceptable. This may happen if it has an links or links to pictures in it. I have no idea when the question will show up but I know that it is in your profile so it most have got posted, whether or not it showed up in the forum. It might have gotten deleted but I doubt that. Thanks to yahoo!answers construction they have been having lots of glitches so, like I said before try we posting it and remove any links that are not needed.
So you re-posted it and it still didn't show up. Notify Yahoo about this. They will probably but the question in the forum.
Hope I helped.
- Son of T3Lv 71 decade ago
There is a prefilter the question has to pass. If you have links or references to certain websites or certain keywords, the questions will be held for staff review, usually 30 minutes to a couple of days. If there is a problem, you may get a violation or they may just not post the question. If the question is showing in your profile, this would be the reason.
If not in your profile, they could have been quickly deleted. There is a rare random glitch, but that hasn't been reported in months.
