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Darby
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Darby asked in Yahoo ProductsYahoo Answers · 8 years ago

People copying answers from others?

Is there anything that can be done about people who just copy answers (word for word) someone else has given to the same question? I came across a person who just joined Y/A today and already has over 200 points...all from answers copied directly from others' responses. It's frustrating for those of us who do research and try to give correct and helpful answers. "August Rush Double Points" seems to have brought out a lot of cheaters and trolls!

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  • 8 years ago
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    that is a serious violation considered to be cheating.you should email the YA team with an explanation, include the URL of the question and the URL of the cheater. Subject line type "reporting copy and paste cheater".here is the address.

    y_answrs_team@yahoo.com

    http://help.yahoo.com/kb/index?page=content&id=SLN...

    This from Yahoo. Our points system is meant to reward the community members for sharing questions and answers, so creating multiple accounts or posting content for the sole purpose of gaining points or soliciting others for points is not permitted. Posting filler answers to a question in an effort to be first to answer, or copying and pasting other members' answers, are also forms of cheating. .

  • 8 years ago

    Yes and you can report them for plagiarism. For the user in question, besides reporting them. Send a copy of their plagiarized answers to the staff either here y_answrs_team_uk@yahoo.co.uk or here

    y_answrs_team@yahoo.com.

    They'll deal with the user

  • 8 years ago

    It's called plagiarism and all you can do is report them to Yahoo. When you contact Yahoo have as much documentation as possible, any questions/answers that they have posted that show deception, including all URL’s, a brief description of your complaint and e-mail all the information to this link, y_answrs_team@yahoo.com

  • 8 years ago

    I don't know how you could stop them from copying their answers, but I just joined a few weeks ago, and I try 2 give good answers to questions I'm interested in, but the past few days, I'll ask a question, and all I get are stupid *** answers that make no sense like "sure" or "idk" or "cool" , it's so annoying and a waste of my points,ya know?

    Source(s): Me
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