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Will YA lose posters by their Bias and ideologist selective outrage?

Posters are seeing a more aggressive Troll Control and Reporting. Proof is in over 30 cases of conservatives and some liberals being attacked for quality honest answers, no rant, no bad language and correct answers. Knowing full well the outcome of this question, I'll probably lose my account. So much for fair and balance and "opinions" that allow honest dialog. Freedom of speech and responsible posts mean whatever YA says they are.

Update:

Another review of complaints aabout Troll Control and bias YA toward libs found 425 questions about YA bias...something smells like fish and it ain't on the beach.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    It's interesting to see your question just moments after I filled in the various sections of a Customer Care survey over their curious response to questions I've asked regarding materials that have been deleted on several occasions. It's hard to tell how much of the reason for the deletion of multiple questions could have been my words, but I've made efforts to keep my posts on important political topics under control and without the ugliness or xenophobia evident in many ultra-liberal responses. I was willing to fill in the survey because it’s important to some of us for the YA bias to be recognized for what it is. The response sent to my question was non-responsive to every aspect of what was asked, so I was not kind or middle-of-the-road in any way with my evaluation of the Customer Care response.

    While I’m a relative newcomer here with just around six weeks on YA, four questions I’ve answered have been deleted, and two of those were at a point where my answer had been selected as Best Answer. The last two questions I asked were not properly posted to where they could be visible to any other YA users, apart from my contacts. They did not show up under either of the two separate categories where they were posted and neither was retrievable using individual words or phrases through the YA search engine for questions/answers in the forum. I don't feel singled out in that regard, because some other posters here have carefully described similar frustrations. A few have reported significant numbers of questions removed by YA and accounts closed for arbitrary and less than recognizable reasons.

    The bias on YA is stunning to the extent it appears to be being applied as a weapon to silence conservative voices. And oddly, sometimes the YA hammer is wielded for explaining the majority opinion of the U.S. populace and what has become evident is very often the majority opinion held here on YA, as well.

    Censorship is rarely something that is seen as positive when open and transparent communication sometimes is necessary for reasonable, supportable decisions. It should never be about who can shout loudest or sound most threatening in the process. And virtually all on this forum are aware of the group of people willing to take answers and their messages there. For some, opinion is all that matters, and support for them is a word that describes expressions of approval for terrorists' and lawbreakers' activities rather than girders of steel, substantive framing and foundation that allow for construction of marvels such as the World Trade Center.

    The basis for the desperate attempts to silence conservatives is hard for some of us to understand. And why it appears to be wielded in such a heavy-handed way by YA is even more puzzling. All the same, most who post here will not be dissuaded or silenced over whatever effort is necessary to get the truth out, and, as often as we can, a handful of patriots will continue posting with brick and mortar level support for why change is imperative over our approach to the most divisive politically charged issues being debated across the country.

    While many of us recognize the basis for your question and reason for outrage, the resolve in evidence with clear thinking, determined conservatives intent on moving our country forward in a positive way toward widespread recovery from the darkest period in most of our lifetimes should mean the censorship will have to get far more aggressive than its been to support liberal agendas here to any substantial extent.

  • 1 decade ago

    I've been using yahoo since 2006 and being a private entity they have the right to control the board as they wish and we all agree to the terms and conditions before using it. I've never seen answers to the point where so many people are driven away tumbleweeds form.

    In a private entity such as this freedom of speech is what their terms and conditions set out; however, you can't say everything you want at your place of employment and I don't see anyone complaining about that and being restricted.

    If you click the box and say I agree on any website then you pretty much give up the right to complain about it.

  • sebren
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    Liberals do no longer concepts twine faucets see you later as technique is accompanied. The shape says that there must be probable reason and a warrant. see you later as those standards are met, wiretaps are legal. Conservatives--no longer -genuine- conservatives yet GW Bush conservatives--have confidence a president would desire to be allowed to order wiretaps with out regulations or standards in any respect. yet basically a Republican president. while the subsequent Democratic president does it, bringing up Bush's movements as a precedent, Republicans will scream their heads off.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I hear you, do you ever get the feeling that you are being reported by someone with "extra" accounts (it only takes two "people" to get a question or answer deleted) or some one has a vendetta against you because you don't agree.

    Hell I had an answer deleted because I said IDK but am answering so I can return and find out the answer, which I DID want to know the answer to.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Liberals reported my answer just because I won best answer. But since YA is ran by liberals that are looking for another law suit (yes, another law suit) to lose, give them what they want.

  • 1 decade ago

    i always appeal violations i consider unfair and the answers are usually reinstated

    i have my own special 'group' of trolls who like to report any of my answers to their questions

    i have another or is it the same one 'group' who like to mention me for special attention in their answers

    rise above it

    i think there are some people who cannot accept that other people may have views that are not their own......that is life

    Source(s): my reporters don't like my stance on the massive problem immigration from the third world has become in britain........they see any objection to this situation as a personal insult (ahhhh) and 'racist' lol
  • 1 decade ago

    it's like the Hatfields and McCoys around here. i'll put down my gun when they put down theirs.

  • 1 decade ago

    The right wingers are complaining about reporting?

    Make me laugh!

    The right wingers are the ones who oppose free speech the most and they report the most often.

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