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So Yahoo allows full size color ads from the commercial spammers now?
So the commercial spammers are now putting their usual wall o'text and below it a logo the same size as Yahoo's legitimate ads over on the sides. Was this the intent behind changing to allow media in questions/answers?
Yes, they are allowing it. I report it and it's still there. The report system is flawed for a reason. Spamming does affect me because "Top" "Contributors" answer known spam questions by calling them out and get credit for it. If I do the same I get violated.
No need for link to spam board. I an not going to work harder than the violators do. My only responsibility is to report. Since Yahoo doesn't remove it when reported, they want it there.
Liar. This is not the question referenced above, but commercial spamming makes use of questions too/question/index?qid=20140...
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- Anonymous7 years ago
ADD: from my own answer: "there is no such thing as spam questions - spam is left as links to commercial sites in ANSWERS to questions NOT as questions themselves" - that was careless of me - I meant to edit that and mention that there are rare times when question is spam - 99% of spam appears in answers - sorry!
calling me a liar makes your post here a violation
if you want an answer, behave or don't post in here
just because you don't like what I am telling you does not make me a liar
and I ALREADY stated that calling someone out for trolling is a violation and it does not matter if a TC does it or not SO it is also a violation for calling out someone for spamming
WHAT IS THE POINT OF THIS POST ANYWAY?
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Yahoo isn't "allowing" anything
WE, and that includes YOU, are all Community Moderators and it is our responsibility to report violations as we see them, including spam
spam does not affect you in any way whatsoever - it does not prevent you from asking or answering so report it and move on
spammers and advertisements are common in ALL websites
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Yahoo staff have nothing to do with violations being posted, no matter what those violations are
YA members are Community Moderators and we have the right to report violations, inlcudintg spam
if the spam answers remain after you have reported them it's because you have not reported enough violations to gain a high enough trust rating (TR) to drop what you report - it is NOT because Y is allowing it
I have deleted thousands of spam answers all by myself because I DO have a high enough TR - I earned that privilege by accurately reporting thousands of violations with very few being reinstated up appeal (because I actually know what I'm doing)
there is no such thing as spam questions - spam is left as links to commercial sites in ANSWERS to questions NOT as questions themselves
anyone, including TCs (and that only means someone has answered a high NUMBER of Qs and has NOTHING to do with the quality of their answers), are allowed to answer ANY question they please and this has nothing to do with your issue
if you mean trolls, as in calling out a troll post, then yes, people, all, not just TCs call out trolls - to do so is a violation