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George Washington question deleted?
I just read and commented on a quote from George Washington, after the Constitution was ratified in 1788. It was an entire quote, and the asker simply wanted to know what people thought Washington was really saying. Why oh why would this be deleted? This is becoming absurd, to me.
7 Answers
- ?Lv 710 years agoFavorite Answer
I asked about this in the Yahoo section, this was the best answer I saw.
"There is either a reporting group or a reporter using a bot to mass report, they are even targeting non violations.
Appeal them.
Your fellow users are the reporters.
If the trust level of the reporter(s) is high enough it is deleted with no review by yahoo. They will be reviewed when appealed but there is a backlog on appeals currently due to all the incorrect reporting."
- Anonymous10 years ago
Deletions are responses from members, not yahoo staff.
So something might be deleted for casual reasons. Staff only bother to examine these if an appeal is lodged. Since many of the look at this, now tell me what you think questions aren't real questions, they might not get upheld. All those questions that start "Why do cons" or "why do liberals" if deleted will not be held up.
Your question for instance, once deleted, wouldn't be upheld because just like fight club, one of the rules of Yahoo answers is that you can't talk about yahoo answers. Discussions of how the system is being gamed by the best answerers are forbidden. So you aren't allowed to speculate that the same people who formerly gamed the system with multiple accounts, are now gaming the system by silencing dissent.
My answer? also forbidden
Source(s): I've fought enough deletions that I know what gets upheld. I've also bothered to look at people who routinely block me with their new accounts. Any system is interesting to study when you look at the machinery. - 10 years ago
There can be various reasons. Maybe the person who asked the question deleted it, maybe somebody reported it, people on yahoo report things for very moronic reasons.
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- JimLv 710 years ago
was it this one?
Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.
- RonaldLv 610 years ago
the powers that be must of been offended. it makes everyone think hes a child. no reasonal answer.
- Anonymous10 years ago
Caribou/100 aliases/angry brown guy.