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What do you think of this behavior?
So someone reported my answer for violating community guidelines. The original question was something like "Which one do you pick?" followed by a list of random numbers (none of which were in the 20's and my favorite # is 27). I responded "What? NO 27?"
Now I don't care about the 10 points and I'm certainly not going to waste my time trying to justify an answer that was clearly in jest and, did indeed, violate community rules by not supplying a serious answer.
But I am curious as to why you think someone would waste their time reporting something so frivolous? Human behavior just fascinates me.......
2 Answers
- Tad DubiousLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
I do this from time to time, the DT. (Not to yours, but to some.) The reasoning - my reasoning - is this: 1) you asked a question, making no attempt to answer one, and that's a violation per Y!A rules, and 2) I wasted my time, because I felt you - not you personally - wasted the question asker's time.
Good question!
- ?Lv 58 years ago
Because there are people out there who are miserable and humorless. If it's a random, fun, or troll question that isn't harmful or illegal, I don't report. Why? Because humanity needs fun, humor, and laughs. And even if it's against the rules of Y!A, I don't feel it's my place to report silly questions and answers. It's not harming me or anyone else.