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My answer won't show up on someone's question ?
Someone asked a question about needing help finding a song, and I've been trying to answer their question, but my answer is only viewable by me. I suspected they didn't see it because they posted an update saying to please answer. I even tried logging out of Yahoo and sure enough my answer isn't showing up. Why could this be? I didn't include a link or anything.....
Is there a way I can reach the person? Or ways to fix this? Thanks!
Wait, now I think this is working. I just edited my answer, and now it finally says :"1 answer." Let me log out and check again.
Yeah I think I copied & pasted! That explains it!
4 Answers
- ?Lv 54 weeks ago
I think sometimes that someone is blocking the post I get it a lot myself with the something went wrong message on certain ones...
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- 4 weeks ago
Sometimes your answer will get caught in a "spam filter" which means it will only be viewable to you, but not the public.
I find that if you copy & paste text, it will be caught and won't show up. You have to type the answer. Also, sometimes if the answer is long the same thing will happen, and you have to shorten it to make it show up. It is very annoying.
- SharonLv 74 weeks ago
If your posts aren't showing up they are being caught in the spam filter. If that happens to your answer do some editing on it until it shows up.
- .Lv 74 weeks ago
The spam filter sometimes catches posts (mobile and desktop devices alike). It's an ongoing bug in the system, for years now. If that happens to your answer, do some editing to your answer, it will probably show up (sometimes it won't). It may take more than one edit. Sometimes an answer will post and be visible UNTIL you edit it, and that causes it to disappear (further editing usually fixes it). This has been going on for quite a while now, and is very annoying. Users often don't realize their posts aren't being seen by others. It happens to me a lot, if I edit a post or try include certain links.
