If a person asks a legitimate question, would you?

If the question is legitimate & was interesting to me I'd answer it.

If things were said in the question that raised my doubts I might suggest someone could be offended by them.

Sometimes I answer questions giving my own opinions in a humorous way, or just giving a humorous answer. These are occasionally reported.

I've often wanted to answer questions I thought were interesting, only to find by the time I'd written my answer the question had been reported & deleted.

1. You don't report a person here, you report a question or an answer -- and that only if it breaks this particular site's very particular rules.

2. Answers must attempt to answer the question. Using the answer space to tell someone that this question offends you would be a violation in itself. If the other user allows IM or email, you could IM or email him or her and say this.

3. If the question is a violation, do not ignore it. On a user-moderated site like this, all users should be responsible to report any violations they see. If you're the user who sees it, you're the user who should report it. Chances are strongest that if we can tell someone's viewpoint on anything from his question, it is a violation.

Yes, it really looks like you don't have a good handle yet on how this site works and what its specific rules are. Fixing that would be your best bet at this point.

Many things that would be perfectly fine on a social site or in a chat room are definitely not ok here, as this is an information exchange site. Its aim is different, so its rules are different. It's really not very wise to agree to something and then not find out what that something really is.

Because this is an information exchange site -- not a chat room or social contact site or discussion forum -- the questions here must be seeking knowledge or advice of general interest to the community. Answers must attempt to answer the question.

When you signed up to use this site, you agreed to follow the Community Guidelines here. Please read them. They are short and only take a real minute to read through. Then you'll see exactly what kind of site this is and isn't.

The Guidelines are found under the About link near the bottom of the categories list on the left-hand side of the page.

Once you've read them, there is even a short quiz you can take that can get you 20 extra points.

http://answers.yahoo.com/info/community_guidelines...

It also lets you know if you have understood the Guidelines as well as you think you have. Violations cost 10 points each. Be sure you know how to avoid them.

None of the above. That question makes no sense. It almost seems like you don't quite have the hang of how this site works. If a question is legitimate, then it isn't a violation. Which means you don't report it, you aren't offended, and the other choice doesn't even apply. So your options make no sense whatsoever. We're not here to express views or opinions. This isn't a discussion forum, nor is discussion even allowed here.

Don't ask ridiculous, pointless questions out of boredom. Some of us get help from answers to other users questions because we may have had a similar, or the same problem. This question serves no purpose for anyone... not even you.

Free speech? It doesn't apply here, or to any other web site. "Freedom of information/speech" is a government policy falling under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the First Amendment. It does not apply to private or public organizations/companies who have the right to impose their own sets of rules and regulations.

If a violation of the rules, it would get reported. If not a violation, just skip it.

"Free speech" absolutely doesn't not apply to this, or most other forums on the internet. "Freedom of information/speech" is a government policy falling under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the First Amendment. It does not apply to private or public organizations/companies. So it's Y!A's rules that we have to go by, not a government policy that doesn't apply here.

We could care less what you respect. Rules are rules. I suggest you read them. Half of your questions aren't questions at all and are opinions. If you are going to continue to break rules, you will be reported. If you don't like it, you might consider finding another website to post in.