Question by beckychr007: Do You think the “Yahoo Answer Team” Will Read, Post and Respond to this Comment?
I posted the following question in the “Yahoo Answers Team” Group about the new efforts they are making to stop trolls:
I applaud your efforts. Thank you.
But I hope you do not overdo it.
This weekend I was deleted five times and had many points deducted for the following question in the LGBT section: “What is your favorite lesbian vampire movie?” I then explained in the details that this was a genre of movies made in the 1970’s for general audiences. The movies are now popular in the lesbian community–they are campy and sexy.
There was no legitimate reason to remove this. And it made me real mad. Although, for good reason, you are not giving the details of your system, I kinda assume part of it is filtering for key words–and it may have appeared to a machine or a non-thinking person that I was trashing lesbians by calling them vampires.
Although I could care less about your point system and all, I think you should give me my points back and let me repost the question out of fairness. I understand that you actually do read this forum—so maybe I can get a real response from you —rather than another boilerplate nastygram.
I hope this system while very admirable (the LGBT section had become unusable) does not become so sanitized that free speech and fun is eliminated. Though you want to be real high tech all the time–you need to have real humans involved in this more intimately.
While I know you want everyone to police the community, I am certainly not going to become a cybercrybay and tattletale. I do not think this is appropriate and leads to vindictive vigilante attacks. You are a very profitable company. Your users are your assets. You have an obligation to treat that asset with care and respect. I expect you to exert the kind of money and effort to make your services worthwhile—and not hide behind the real nice sounding “community” moniker.
But, I do thank you for your recent efforts.
~Becky
The stated reason for removal of the question I refer to was “violation of community standards”
This was put in the comment section to the “Yahoo Answers Team” blog in response to their post on new heightened anti-troll, etc. security efforts.
I can hardly believe it. I got the points back for the question that was deleted. There is a place in the Yahoo Answers Forum where you can lodge a protest–they read it and follow through–and if they agree give you your points back.
Best answer:
Answer by LaurasHome
I don’t know if the Answers team will respond to this question, but I suspect your question was deleted because it is considered chatting. Ask that question in the Polls & Surveys category, and it would be OK.
Add your own answer in the comments!
Do You think the “Yahoo Answer Team” Will Read, Post and Respond to this Comment?
Question by beckychr007: Do You think the “Yahoo Answer Team” Will Read, Post and Respond to this Comment?
I posted the following question in the “Yahoo Answers Team” Group about the new efforts they are making to stop trolls:
I applaud your efforts. Thank you.
But I hope you do not overdo it.
This weekend I was deleted five times and had many points deducted for the following question in the LGBT section: “What is your favorite lesbian vampire movie?” I then explained in the details that this was a genre of movies made in the 1970’s for general audiences. The movies are now popular in the lesbian community–they are campy and sexy.
There was no legitimate reason to remove this. And it made me real mad. Although, for good reason, you are not giving the details of your system, I kinda assume part of it is filtering for key words–and it may have appeared to a machine or a non-thinking person that I was trashing lesbians by calling them vampires.
Although I could care less about your point system and all, I think you should give me my points back and let me repost the question out of fairness. I understand that you actually do read this forum—so maybe I can get a real response from you —rather than another boilerplate nastygram.
I hope this system while very admirable (the LGBT section had become unusable) does not become so sanitized that free speech and fun is eliminated. Though you want to be real high tech all the time–you need to have real humans involved in this more intimately.
While I know you want everyone to police the community, I am certainly not going to become a cybercrybay and tattletale. I do not think this is appropriate and leads to vindictive vigilante attacks. You are a very profitable company. Your users are your assets. You have an obligation to treat that asset with care and respect. I expect you to exert the kind of money and effort to make your services worthwhile—and not hide behind the real nice sounding “community” moniker.
But, I do thank you for your recent efforts.
~Becky
The stated reason for removal of the question I refer to was “violation of community standards”
This was put in the comment section to the “Yahoo Answers Team” blog in response to their post on new heightened anti-troll, etc. security efforts.
I can hardly believe it. I got the points back for the question that was deleted. There is a place in the Yahoo Answers Forum where you can lodge a protest–they read it and follow through–and if they agree give you your points back.
Best answer:
Answer by LaurasHome
I don’t know if the Answers team will respond to this question, but I suspect your question was deleted because it is considered chatting. Ask that question in the Polls & Surveys category, and it would be OK.
Add your own answer in the comments!