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? asked in Yahoo ProductsYahoo Answers · 6 years ago

Someone on religion page didn't like my post, so turned me in for violation of guidelines. And guess what..?

There may actually be human that reviews appeals. My answer was reinstated. happen to anyone else?

Update:

This was not boasting. Not atypical for some person to turn in those they disagree with. I've been hit before, maybe 4 times, and appeal never was reviewed by a human: no explanation. I'm American, and believe everyone deserves day in court. So cut the sarcasm. BTW you haven't answered my question ( "... ask questions that seek knowledge in future."), so I could report you (JOKING!). I could also care less about points. Thanks to the rest of you who actually ANSWERED my question!

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    Well done, it is worth appealing these things, I would say I get over 3/4 of my vios reinstated and was once emailed by Yahoo to confirm my account had been targeted by a stalker reporting posts from years ago. Malicious reporting is a violation in itself and a form of stalking/ bullying.

  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

    No, of course not. No one posting under the religion and spirituality category has ever been flagged for a violation of the guidelines, had their content dropped and had it overturned on appeal.

    So now, assuming you also believe that is nonsense, what exactly is your question? Is there anything more to this "question" than a facade with underlying chat and boasting? What rationale do you expect will keep the folk of the Yahoo! Answers category from reporting this "question," just like your earlier "answer" was reported?

    Reporting is sometime scatter gun; that's why there is an appeal process. It weakens the accounts that falsely report content and makes them less able to drop content in future.

    You also need to appreciate the appeals process is scatter gun as well. When the reporting was done by Y!AT there was 50% failure ratio that dropped significantly with the institution of community reporting. Do I seriously think the appeals process is infallible? Nope, that would require a religious degree of faith that isn't warranted by the evidence.

    A word of advice. Keep the boasting in check and ask questions that seek knowledge in future. Make sure if providing an answer and getting 2 points that you actually answer the question and avoid deliberate insult or gratuitous chat and boasting. Provided you stick within the guidelines, you can express your religion or lack of religion and rightly appeal should the content be reported maliciously or in error. Chat is hard to avoid when you are surrounded by trolls. Don't assume the folk you see asking and answering questions in R&S are within the guidelines just because the people in R&S don't bother reporting the violations. Just saying.

    Just in case the appeals link in the email fails in future, use the help menu one

    https://io.help.yahoo.com/contact/index?page=conta...

  • 6 years ago

    Happens a lot in the Religion section. Some of the bullies have several accounts and give Christians a lot of thumbs down and say hateful and nasty remarks in the commits.

    Saturday and Sunday mornings are terrible.

    One of my answers from 7 years ago was reported and reinstated.

    I get called names in the comments. Stupid, you can't learn. and a lot more.

    Prove someone wrong and you get insulted.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    You are incapable of seeing, I would guess, how this sounds so much like the ravings of someone in delirium state.... I suggest you see a mental health practitioner as soon as possible BE CURSED.

  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

    Yes!

    But the biggest drawback the submit appeal button doesn't always work!

    Last time got told "submitted". Pah! 7 days later still no reply! Tried to submit got told "too late".

    That's why some willfully do it! They know the chances of it working like 0.1%

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