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pat z
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pat z asked in TravelGermanyOther - Germany · 1 decade ago

Why do so many posters in Travel - Germany block their Q & A sections?

And why are there so many new accounts which disappear within weeks -- days even -- of when they're created? Why would posters be afraid to be open and honest here?

Update:

EDIT Sorry, it does relate to Travel - Germany because that is where I have seen all these blocked accounts...in Travel - Germany.

There are also often an inordinate number of thumbs down on what appear to be perfectly good (& relevant) answers. Go figure!

Update 2:

@ Nelia: I only have ONE account here & have had it for years. It's quite easy to check by clicking on my name. Any other account(s) are false & have been reported to Yahoo as such.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    pat, thank you for your question.

    This section had once been infected with trolls; I'm thankful it's clearing up now. But I'm sad that some of my fellow Germans have disappeared or retreated because of some fake ids.

    I hope that some German natives and expats will return here and we'll leave the trolls out.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Because this section is infested with trolls.

    I can only advice anybody who answers here regularly to keep the Q & A section private unless you like to be stalked by some trolls :)

    Accounts disappear because some of the trolls get deleted but only few of them.

    Much more keep changing their avatars and names constantly so you often do not recognize them unless you put them on your block list.

    BTW this question has no relation to Travel Germany!

    EDIT it does not relate Travel Germany it relates Yahoo Products Yahoo Answers.

    The thumbs up respective down are the same sick trolls

    And I wanted only to warn you since these same trolls also report if they find the reason to do so.

    They did so with an absolutely correct answer of me I complaind with Yahoo but to no avail.

    EDIT I could name at least a dozen of really big trolls but they would delete my answer within minutes.

  • 1 decade ago

    That is what privacy settings are here for!

    I guess most people think it is enough to read stupid chatting and ranting posts on here we don't need trolls to follow us or worse get soliciting mail by these kind of users.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Because of people like you who troll this section!

    I bet Nico will get BA since it is one of your clone sub accounts stupid bigot!

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