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Greg
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Greg asked in Yahoo ProductsYahoo Answers · 9 months ago

Why did Yahoo Answers take off commenting?

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  • .
    Lv 7
    8 months ago

    They didn't choose to explain it to us in a specific way, as per usual. Here is what the banner on the YA main page says:

    Per Yahoo:

    "In order to strengthen and improve community and engagement, we are temporarily disabling comments.

    Our goal is always to create a safe, engaging place to connect over interests and passions and we’d love your feedback on how to improve this experience. Please email us your feedback at yahoocommentfeedback@verizonmedia.com"

  • Anonymous
    8 months ago

    To make the yahoo experience better

  • Daniel
    Lv 7
    9 months ago

    Yahoo has Temporary Disabled Comments Until they turn them Back on you wont be able to Comment

    on any Answers

    They made a Announcement about it here is what they have to say about It

    In order to strengthen and improve community and engagement with our audience, we are temporarily disabling comments. Our goal is always to create a safe, engaging place to connect over interests and passions. Please feedback to yahoocommentfeedback@verizonmedia.com

  • 9 months ago

    Verizon Media, NOT YA, disabled commenting on answers at 12:34 am EDT Thursday morning/ Wednesday night because of safety and security. Verizon Media DID SAY THIS. Implies is it is?also for legal liability reasons. Commenting has been disabled across the ENTIRE Yahoo platform. Yahoo HAS DONE THIS BEFORE FOR THE SAME REASONS around the 2016 and 2012 elections. Commenting was restored AFTER the election.

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  • They apparently don't like users like me speaking the truth about idiot users who constantly insult people in the health categories... whoever is running this site, sure does want a quiet life.

  • Mercy
    Lv 7
    9 months ago

    too much hate talk being posted

  • Anonymous
    9 months ago

    when they laid-off their last human employee ..............now they  are 100% computerized ...........

  • 9 months ago

    Because the chimps running YA are brain damaged.

  • Scott
    Lv 6
    9 months ago

    The official explanation was to make Yahoo! Answers a better place. Obviously, we don’t have any more details than this rather vague statement. So we can only speculate.

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