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Why is YA censoring me?

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I get 4 out of 10 best answer and YA refuses to update my % to follow my answers. Now YA is censoring my feed so all I see is 2 week old questions. I guess you need to be a YA guru that advertises on yahoo to get the brown nosed goodie point, and that's pathetic! Yup, YA is a JOKE!

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  • 6 years ago

    I have to break character again, since this is not a question that's really suitable for jokes. I was going to give a snarky answer, but that would have fed your paranoia, and I don't want that on my hands. As others have said, the percentage rounds to whole numbers. Also, as others have said, you may have defaulted to discover questions. Please know that Yahoo is not censoring you. They're not always perfect, but they're flawed people doing their jobs.

  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

    YA censors everyone

  • 6 years ago

    Those updates, Best answer crowns, BA percentages, position on the leader board and other things don't occur immediately, they update weekly on Monday.

    As a level 5 you've been around long enough to know that.

  • 6 years ago

    First, chill out, it is not a YA problem.

    1. With all the answers you have given, 4 of 10 BAs will not cause a change in the BA%. You are going to need in the range of 500 out of 1000 to see a change. That is just the math.

    2. Learn how the site works. You are on the Discover tab is why you are seeing old questions. Click on the Answer tab to see new questions.

    Lastly, Yahoo can censor you anytime they want, those are the TOS you agreed to, but in this case it is just your not understanding the system.

  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

    I noticing that too. The rules of Yahoo Answers seem built to protect the reporter trolls and the level 7 abusers, while the innocent little level 1s always get their posts removed for no reason. A perfect example is if a troll posts a question that is against the rules like "Rate me on a scale of 1-10" in the Polls & Surveys section, all the level 1s who answer it will get a violation notice, penalized 10 points, and their post removed for answering the violating question, but the original poster of that violating question will most likely not get into any trouble and the question will usually not be removed. Wow...those obviously flawed rules are POWERFUL stupid!!!

  • 6 years ago

    Its the "members of the Answers community" im guessing a lot of them have spent too much of their lives dwelling on their power here and have become unsociable and out of touch. Most probably communicate on chatrooms, b*tch over questions they have no comprehension over, watch Sky News all day, and stay alive via Pizza Hut delivery.

  • 6 years ago

    Because you have violated the rules that have been stated in fine print. In the real world, a lot worse would have happened.

  • 6 years ago

    YA is based on Globalist and Democrat values and political correctness. DON'T take YA seriously, or think that you have a fair chance of expressing yourself here. Just keep saying what you believe, and make them work to oppress you. Of course this answer will be removed. So what. : )

  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

    It's Yahoo, what do you expect?

  • meg
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    You are defulting to discover instead of answer when you ask for open questions

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