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ben asked in Yahoo ProductsYahoo Answers · 2 years ago

Why can people post hateful, racist questions but I can't post a question about the proliferation of gibberish answers?

Update:

If I saw anything specific about the spambot problem, I get an error message.

Update 2:

*say*

Update 3:

12 answers so far, all gibberish. The site is now worthless. Bye, everyone!

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  • 2 years ago

    Did you post a question or statemtn? Did you use improper language. It can be many things. If you got a violation, if you want to know the reason for the violation, post "Why was this question (answer) a violation?" and add the original e-mail you got and/or any details you remember so the users can see the exact context. The experienced users here will explain it to you. Many times the violation is not in the question, but in the added details and updates.

    If you are getting an error, It would help to know what happens when you try. 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

    I know exactly how you feel.

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    That happens to low levels on here.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    2 years ago

    You are not alone.

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