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Why does Yahoo NOT have a "Wrong" button?
Yahoo wants us to select the best answer. What if there ARE NO "BEST" Answers??? What if all the answers are WRONG? Totally wrong? For this web site and service to be really community effective, it should have (1) a button saying "Wrong" or "Did NOT answer the question" . . . (2) a button saying "NONE of the answers are valid" . .. several of the answers I've gotten have been Black-Hat SEO operatives "seeding" this service with their domains.
Why does Yahoo NOT have a "Wrong" button?
PROOF OF CONCEPT : note BOTH answers below are incorrect. Neither offers any basis in fact -- but are purely opinionated answers. The second one has the most validity -- except there is a huge contingency on Facebook that WANT A "thumbs down" button ... a greater percentage than do NOT want it. So that makes answer 2 below totally wrong, and purely a matter of his personal taste.
PROOF OF CONCEPT : Yes, Yahoo, you really DO need WRONG and NONE buttons!
THANK YOU OST3 ... makes perfectly good sense. I had no idea there was a delete. . . I know there's not an "Edit" to change the original question. Thanks! Great advice.
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- SOT3Lv 68 years agoFavorite Answer
If you are the asker and there is no best answer, just delete the question. That is the "No Best Answer" procedure for the asker. If there was a wrong button, all that would happen is that the question would be deleted, so the same thing. It would be nice if the staff would make that clearer for users. The reason they don't is that they would rather you send it to vote. Now at that point, you can vote "No Best Answer".
- 🌹🌹🌹🌹Lv 78 years ago
They don't have a wrong button because Y!A makes it VERY clear that they do not guarantee the accuracy of answers. You are not required to choose a best answer... so just don't. Yes you can delete your question... as long as it's still open for answers. If you don't want to bother, you can just ignore it and allow the question to go to voting. Also, a button like that would very likely be abused by many, thus causing more negativity and people complaining that we can do without more of here.
Actually, you obviously know about the edit button because you are using it to reply to answers (which, by the way, isn't allowed), so it's kind of hard to miss the delete button that's in the same place.
If your answers are wrong... then DO THE RESEARCH!!! Instead of complaining on a site where you know the posibility of wrong answers exists, go somewhere online where you can be guaranteed an answer from experts. Google would be a good place to start. Or seek help pages of various sites where most questions about that site can be answered. Personally, I enjoy doing the research when I have questions because finding the answers on my own is rewarding, and I'm guaranteed correct answers. Coming here to ask questions would be a last resort.
- Anonymous4 years ago
No, yet they might desire to offer the guy being pronounced the reason that they are being pronounced, and supply them of challenge to swap their answer in the event that they choose to achieve this earlier completely deleting it. this might sparkling up fairly some fake effect (if the justifications for the removing of postings are valid). people who're doubtful on the assumption would be knowledgeable. Abusive cloth that somewhat should be constrained would be taken out in a greater truthful way - a minimum of the guy who wrote it is going to understand the fact. And in the event that they don't trust the reason they are able to then communicate approximately it on the dialogue board and get the opinion of others. no count number if it quite is by skill of presidential order (or from politicians) - why not state so. If political means communities could have an answer or question bumped off why shouldn't they be pointed out as doing so? If Yahoo quite is attempting to be a severe dialogue board and not a stooge of the "Powers that be" and education censorship to curry choose with the effectual, why not save this out interior the open.
- Chetak.Lv 78 years ago
When it comes to voting you can click No Best Answer.
Go to Yahoo Australia (use the flagat the bottom)
They have a new trial rating system with the thumbs that sounds exaxtly like what you want. Try it on a couple of answers.
Chetak
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