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how do so many racist questions get through y/a? and nobody is offended? wow?

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  • 7 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    Because the trolls who post such questions have learned ways to get them through the system such as using special characters instead of typing the racist word. As for nobody offended, false, I report such questions, You can indeed move your question after it is posted, there is a box that says edit category, use that

  • ?
    Lv 5
    7 years ago

    Many people are level 7 idiots, and I'm not saying all but many level people on Yahoo! Answers don't know how to properly report! (If you're reading this level 7 people, I think you know who I'm talking about!) They report innocent questions and answers only! I've only been reported twice but trust me, it annoys me like crazy!

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    so many racist questions get through due to a severe lack of Community Moderation

    YA is a user moderated site - if abusive content remains on site, it's because only a few of us bother to report violations

    why do you assume no one is offended?

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    YES we can choose the category for our questions

    click on Edit Category if you are not happy with the one that was auto-selected based on key words in your main header

    this will give you a short list of categories so click on All to get a list of all the categories to choose from

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    tip: use the Details in the Ask box to add details (click on Details BEFORE you submit your question) - the answer box is only for giving an actual answer to a question, even your own question - using the answer box to add details/updates is a violation for non-answer so I suggest you delete your non-answer before it gets reported and put that text in an Update using the pencil icon

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