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Q&A: Has anyone ever gotten a “Violation Notice” from Yahoo! Answers? Did they list a reason for the violation?
Question by Phineas Bogg: Has anyone ever gotten a “Violation Notice” from Yahoo! Answers? Did they list a reason for the violation?
So far I have gotten two violation notices for questions that I have posted and neither contained any details about why the questions were violations. I was just curious if my experience is typical.
Thanks for your replies!
Best answer:
Answer by starwhitedwarf
You should ask : “Has anyone NOT gotten a violation notice from yahoo answers?” And if the answer is yes, then THAT should surprise you.
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Your situation is not atypical. Violation reasons are usually pretty obvious if you read the TOS and guidelines, but if you have questions, post the EXACT context of the Q or A here (include any references or details you put) and the users here can help you determine the problem.
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LikeDislikeYes, and no.
They seem to just take people’s word for it when they flag, end of story.
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LikeDislikeHi Phineas Bogg,
I have received a total of 8 bogus violations this week. All for the same reason. I believe it was a troll(s) that reported me. I guess jealously is something they can’t handle too well.
Remember that you can appeal the removal of your questions/answers by using the link provided in the Violation Notice Yahoo! sent you.
Good Luck
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LikeDislikeWELCOME TO THE CLUB….i was once a fixture on this site. i enjoyed helping people and learning. i can remember spending hours on YA… now if iam on here 3-4 times a year it’s a lot. i had and kept a” top contributor” badge…the yahoo morons in never never land managed to tick me off so bad (like thousands of other GOOD faithful users) that i dont even care anymore. you will get violated for any vast number moronic reasons and you will never have a answer or any recourse to fight it. this board has gone downhill 90% since it started. the violations appeal board is a joke and will do nothing except send you a canned spam letter promising to look into the violation…thats the last you will hear of it… my favorite time was when i answered a question from a 14yr old girl who was having problems in school from a group of skinheads.. my answer was targeted by some pig who called me every unflattering name that could be post. i replied asking him if his mother had any children that lived….guess what ? i got violated and his post stayed, even after i complained to yahoo. i have heard horror stories about people (including a doctor) getting their entire accounts deleated (including their e-mail) for me this board is supposed to be about helping people,learning and having fun, not a bunch of hassles.
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LikeDislikeOh yes just the other day it was in violation. They said i called a certain person a name. which was an idiot, but he called me a moron. an offensive name.
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LikeDislikeONLY 2 violations?? Wow, how do you do it?
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LikeDislikeI’ve gotton approximately 10. I stopped counting a while back. Some of them I can’t argue with. For example, once I told someone, “u nid 2 lern 2 spel”. Someone reported it. But there are others where I felt it was unjustified.
The only encouraging experience is that once (recently) I sent back a very strong email in respsonse to the violation notice. I stated that some troll is reporting me for no good reason and that you (they) were sitting on their @$ $ e$ doing nothing about. I also said, “If you’re going to give me a programmed response like ‘report it on the forum’, at least give me a referernce number, because the content was deleted, what could I refer to.”
Well 2 days later, a human actually emailed me saying that they reviewed my case, and still found hte content to be in violation. With the state of Y!A these days, I have to consider that a small victory. I actually got Mr. Yahoo himself to get off his ash and investigate my case.
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LikeDislikeYes, I got somewhere near 15 violation notices.
Most of them I did deserve, but I didn’t feel they should be deleted. They’re taking all my fun away! This is a very big issue to spending your life on Yahoo! Answers, it’s easy to get angry when someone reports you for something you deserve.
Once I was reported for something I definitely did not deserve and I felt very happy for that. They said sorry and posted my answer back. Wow, I typed this entire matrix inversion work and some damn troll reports it.
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