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Should I give the points back - and how? Yahoo Answers Ethics?
I recently won 10 points for "Best answer" on a historical/political question. One respondent questioned the accuracy of my answer. I gave the information in good faith believing it to be true, but going back to check it, I now realise my information was innaccurate and did not correctly answer the question.
So in all honesty I didn't deserve those ten points. How can I fess up, lose ten off my score, and have the question honestly re-opened?
2 Answers
- 9 years agoFavorite Answer
Ya this isn't some scientific journal. If your answer was funny or something, great you had the best answer. Again for the sake of integrity I may myself go back and leave a comment on the question stating that you found that your response was actually an error, but again I wouldn't be too hard on yourself.
- 9 years ago
Shh. This is a place where you can win the ten points for saying "yeah, I know" rather than actually providing an answer.
Source(s): I've lost out on winning because of that non-answer twice
