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Senior citizens, is it Ok to answer posts after a BA has been issued?

I did a while ago to a post asking how often do people come into Answers. I hope it's alright as I know things have changed in there.

I did answer next to never anymore. I'm surprised I'm still on the top answers board. I used to be on here daily with a lot of online friends, but 1 or 2 trolls made things hateful and petty. So I started a FB group of 40 seniors from this site almost 6 years ago and it is very successful and going strong yet.

The only reason I'm on here today is because FB is all screwed up today.

No one will be reading this now that BA has been issued, but I give a Hello to all the old timers that remember those days.

Best wishes...

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  • 2 years ago

    If it weren't okay, there wouldn't be the ability to answer after BA has been selected.

  • Sam
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    If you are still listed anywhere at the top on the boards, that tells us how often Yahoo updates these days and the lack of activity on Yahoo Answers. Pretty much all that's left on Y!A are stupid trolls, not good clever trolls like there used to be.

    Going from green to blue was the beginning of Y!A's downfall. There were a couple good features added, but the perverted blue Anonymous feature was their biggest mistake.

  • Di
    Lv 5
    2 years ago

    Hi Daisy!

    I remember you from way back. I was Dharma...

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    i remember you vaguely on here, glad to hear you are fine and doing well, hope facebook picks up for you soon.

  • 2 years ago

    Yes it is OK. I do it sometimes myself but, like you, I wonder if anyone ever bothers to check for new answers after BA was awarder. It seems that the question is no longer being cared about. I posted a question a while back asking why some people chose BA almost immediately after posting a question. I now think the best answer award should be eliminated all together. No one even cares about the extra points given for BA and the questioner almost ALWAYS picks an answer that conforms with his own opinion.

    It's the trolls from other sites that aggravate me. Especially people that come to Seniors section with stupid religious opinionated questions like, "Are atheists going to bla, bla, bla!" But glade you are here and have a good day daisy!

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Yes, especially if your answer is better than any already posted.

    the purpose of the site is not to give the answer to the asker, but to be a database for people who are looking for the answer in times to come [now if only the answers-search would work, then people wouldn't have to repost questions that have been asked and answered already]

  • Snid
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    Sure. I do it all the time even though I know the asker may not see my answer.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    2 years ago

    It is okay, but the person who posted it might not come back to see the additional answers.

    Daisy, it seems you are one of the contributors to the Seniors category for a number of years. Most of the old time members have found another gathering place on the web. If you know about it would you ask them to invite me to join them. The seniors category here has been trashed as you well know.

  • Jojo
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    YES you can. But no points awarded.

    Unfortunately the best answer Leaderboard has not been up-dated for about a year now and no points added at all.

    Things have improved "marginally" since Verizon took over Yahoo but its still not anything like as good as when it was the old Green formula.

    Source(s): Old Timer (UK)
  • 2 years ago

    Hi Daisy! I remember you. I used to be Lynnmarie before a reporting blitz about 3 months ago. Yes, it's okay to answer after BA has been chosen but the only person likely to see it is the one who asked the question.

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