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why are answers being hidden?
I'v been seeing this a lot lately. YA is "hiding" a bunch of answers. Most of them are legit and completely relevant/helpful to the question. Even ones with multiple thumbs up are being hidden.
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- Yahzmin ♥♥ 4everLv 77 years ago
There is a new bit of code that determines the "relevance" of an answer based on some unknown criteria determined by staff. Answers that meet the criteria will show; answers that don't, won't. For example, the hidden answer to YOUR question simply states: "that happens a lot". That is NOT a relevant answer; that is a useless comment. While you may feel that many of the hidden answers are "relevant", the code doesn't. From the ones I've seen that are hidden, the code is often quite correct.
