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? asked in Yahoo ProductsYahoo Answers · 6 years ago

sick questions why does Yahoo alow sick questions like this and many others? But not allow us to say so?

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If I want to kill someone for fun by burning them with acid, am I a bad person?

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  • ?
    Lv 6
    6 years ago
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    Yahoo seems to be 'allowing' Many sick & vulgar accounts as well as Q&A's to stay on the site as of late. It's All speculation, but since even those of us that report said activity frequently are Not seeing it drop - we are left to believe that No one is working the system, Everyone quit, and/or the overload of 'purple change' has malfunctioned the whole site's CG/ToS system.

    I'll include what I'd do under 'normal circumstances' just in case you've Never reported such things. It's what I/others do often yet Sadly, at the moment - Nothing is dropping. So I'll wish you luck in advance -

    Take said user's profile link & Any incriminating evidence links that you have and place them in a message to the team. Title it 'Death Wish/Wanting to Harm' and send it in to the email below.

    y_answrs_team_yahoo.com ( Missing 'E' is deliberate. )

    Source(s): I've reported severe/ToS vios since I joined - everything from sexual predators to death/terrorists threats. As of recent - almost Nothing is dropping, even the Most hardcore of pornography & as you just wrote ' Q's involving wanting to kill others for pleasure.'
  • WOOWHO
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    That question is to elicit your exact response disgust . to it The questioner achieved his purpose . Attention . If you give a response You gave him what he wanted .. you have Choice . give him attention . or report it as "OFFENSIVE" to you or .. Call out the questioner on his question Its like the Bully he only gets something out of his behavior if he gets a response from his target or Victim ..You can be a victim or walk away with no response ending the reward cycle . Please do not think these people say the truth , they make stuff up to see your answers to them its fun . thank you for your question

  • 6 years ago

    If you and five other users reported that post, it would be quickly gone. So it looks like it was not considered by others as "sick". Yahoo does not have a thousand staff to moderate the site and rely on its users to moderate.

  • 6 years ago

    Yahoo Answers does not employ moderators who review every question before it is posted. Y!A is community moderated which means that any and all users are expected to report questions that they believe to be violating the Community Guidelines.

    Do not respond to questions such as this. Click the flag to the right of the question and report it.

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    The reporter trolls are too busy nit-picking looking for minor mistakes in answers and questions. Leaves no time for them to actually report those sick questions.

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