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Why won't Yahoo post my question. "There was a problem, plese try later". Sick of it!?

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  • Daniel
    Lv 7
    2 years ago
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    Are you using any % Signs in your Questions ? if so you have to Remove it and Spell it out Yahoo wont take Percent Signs Also make sure you dont Exceed the Character Limit if you see Numbers in Red then you may need to Shorten it to get it to Post

  • 2 years ago

    Several things can happen:

    1. If you take too long, you can lose the connection (type outside Yahoo and cut/paste to get around this)

    2. You have exceeded your daily limit (does the word false appear?)

    3. You exceeded the character limit (is the box red with a negative number?)

    4. You have a bad cache file on your system, clean and reboot.

    5. Just copy your question, refresh the page and paste it in again.

    6. Certain links will cause problems, post without them and add as updates.

    7. Symbols such as % will cause problems on mobiles. Spell it out.

    8. On mobiles, try Desktop mode.

    9. If it submits, but is not in the category, try this. Move to another category, count ten, then move it back again.

    Sometimes when that happens, the question did submit, the problem is the next screen does not come up properly.

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Copy what you typed, refresh the page, paste the text back and try again to Submit.

    Also make sure there are no special characters, image files, or URLs that might be hanging things up.

  • 2 years ago

    I have only asked one question today.

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  • Sharon
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    There is a glitch with the Submit button. Refresh the page and try again. You also will not be able to post if you have reached your daily limit or you try to put a percentage sign in your posts, and you will not be able to answer questions if an asker has you blocked.

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