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Houdini asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 14 hours ago

Do you think Y!A shutting down is due to the constant crap, trolling, lying, and otherwise stupid bullshit from Trump supporters?

In other words, they simply got tired of policing morons presenting the same Big Lie that "Trump won due to Democrat cheating" and perhaps even afraid of being sued for allowing that unfettered shlt on their platform.

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  • ?
    Lv 4
    9 hours ago

    No, but the site would have been more profitable if those Trump-supporters had managed to not violate the guidelines all the time

  • 13 hours ago

    That's a small part of it, but my influence may have been the tipping point. 

    I took screenshots and/or sent live links to various Y!A advertisers of some of the most pornographic and violent questions and answers and mailed them to said advertisers, asking if they knew their products or services appeared along side such vile content. 

    I got quite a few responses - not form letters - from these companies that they needed to look into the matter. Among those who responded, several dropped their ads - Harry's Shave Club and State Farm Insurance were among them.

    Since Y!A dropped its team that dealt with trolls I took matters into my own hands. 

  • ?
    Lv 6
    14 hours ago

    Conservatives in general are very nasty people.

  • Jeff S
    Lv 7
    14 hours ago

    Actually seems like suppression of users free speech. Because as far as Trump supporters rants they can easily be repudiated!

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  • Anonymous
    14 hours ago

    Yes, of course it is, along with their threats of violence and endless vulgarities.  Trump supporters are the reason why none of us can ever have nice things.

  • Bye
    Lv 7
    14 hours ago

    Yes, and also because they consistently made physical threats.

  • 14 hours ago

    Absolutely.  Y!A is shutting down because there are too many dangerous lies posted here, such as lies about vaccines.  It's too expensive to clean up all the ToS violations these days.  I've been here 12 years and I've never seen it this bad.

  • 14 hours ago

    Cause they dont want you getting answers from normal people

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