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Just what does it take to get someone shut down on Y!A?
I was watching an account earlier because one of the questions seemed like a really funny troll or a really bitter person. I went to their history to see which one before I bothered to give a serious answer. When looking at their previous answers, I saw someone who was repeatedly copying and pasting an answer that gave out another person’s name and personal information, was slanderous and/or libelous, and was irrelevant to and made no attempt to answer the question originally asked. I went to report one and I got the page that says that the question was unavailable, and when I did get back to the question the “bad” answer was gone. So, obviously someone other than myself was reporting these answers. I returned to the history. and saw only 1 point left in that person’s account. Still, I reported a few of these same answers, and I saw that the other person(s) was doing it, too. After many of these, and a long time, the “bad” answerer made their history private. I found still more by looking throughout the latest category they had been copying and pasting to.
BUT, they must have been in the negative numbers as far as points go for a while. How long are people still allowed to answer questions once that happens? They seem to have wandered off for now, and their points are back up to 6. That means they posted the same illegal (and possibly damaging) answer many times.
What does it take to get someone out of here? Is it just taking forever because it’sSunday, and no one is minding the store? Will anything ever get done about that? Or will they just start a new account and keep doing it?
BTW, they made it obvious it was a relationship disagreement that prompted the attack.
I’m not going to go with the flow when someone can be libeling or slandering an innocent party
4 Answers
- Yahzmin ♥♥ 4everLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
First, when that happens, be sure to use the 2nd option, illegal, due to the privacy invasion and harassment issue. This should also alert Customer Care, supposedly, to take a look and consider suspension. Using the first option is more for CG violations and less likely to trigger review unless the person appeals. You can also go to the Suggestion Board on the ABOUT tab over the green bar. Check the Official Spam Battle Thread there. It gives a link to a CHATZY page where you can submit particularly troublesome accounts for review. Finally, you can email a link to staff at y_answrs_team@yahoo.com for review.
- kawamuraLv 45 years ago
He wont be out any earlier than absolutely everyone else might, hes asserting what he thinks human beings % to take heed to, in basic terms like the GI invoice hes for, that's going to likely be an anchor around our necks with a brilliant fee ticket yet hes asserting what human beings % to take heed to. you may placed money on it, IF he gets elected he will arise with some lame reason he cant get us out of Iraq...that's going to likely be in basic terms like another hollow supplies hes made.
- BingaleeLv 78 years ago
I always copy their profile and a few sample Qs & As and send all to the address provided by Yahzmin.They can access the deleted Qs & As so no matter what the account holder does,YA can still see their posts.I have had more success doing that than anywhere else.
