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wil they put the dislike button back?
theyve made yahoo boring by removing it plus stupid answers arent acknowledged anymore, is this idiotic change permanent?
and yes i know i missed and L on will
couldnt they at least made people vote on it
4 Answers
- Anonymous9 years agoFavorite Answer
People ARE voting for it or against by using it or not using it. That's the whole point of testing the new rating systems.
"...June 6, 2012 at 2:30 pm
NEW: Ratings
To make sure Yahoo! Answers remains the destination of choice for everyone out there who wants to get the answer to their question or to help other people with their answers, it is important to make sure Answers is a place where high-quality answers are acknowledged.
For the next few weeks, different groups of users will be randomly given one of three different versions of the new ratings. Your usage of these will be tracked, to aid us in deciding which combination will be the permanent one.
While the testing is going on, the old thumbs up/thumbs down will still be around, for those not getting the new feature. They will still be running in the background for everyone, so you may be getting the new ratings but also notice some answers collapsed.
Our new ratings feature will allow you to indicate which answers you think are quality and why you think this is a worthy answer. Replacing thumbs up/thumbs down, you will now be able to choose one of our new ratings types to give to as many answers as you want on the question page. ..."
- ?Lv 59 years ago
YA is still testing the new system, so far they haven't told us whether it's going to be permanent or not. They're tracking the people who have the new system so if you have it, try not to use it.
- 9 years ago
I sure hope so because some comments are just stupid and make me wanna punch someone.
- BingaleeLv 79 years ago
I do hope so because there are some users who are just begging to be TDd especially those giving wrong info & advice.