Questions removed without a reason in the polls and survey section?

Hello Badass Jesus (bender101z)





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Question: do you pee in the shower?





Question Details: be faithful ;)





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So whats going on with a question like this? I see other questions like this all over the search engine.

Questions removed without a reason in the polls and survey section?
Hmmmmm, I don't see anything wrong with your question, especially since you said it was posted under Polls %26amp; Surveys. However, the unfortunate things is that there are MANY users who are just extremely report happy... especially when it comes to the "chatting" violation. It's as if they consider anything with the words "you" or "your" to be chatting, which is a violation of the community guidelines. For instance, they consider, "How long did it take you to graduate college?" to be chatting. It's absolutely ridiculous! So, I completely understand your frustration as I have been a victim of unjustified/malicious reporting.





Y!A's FAQ says that a question or answer will be removed if it's reported by one or more "reliable users." If the circumstance is more serious then the Answers staff may remove a question or answer themselves after reviewing it. However, the majority of the time they're just automatically removed and violation notices are issued, because of the way the Y!A system is designed. I personally feel the whole reporting/violation system needs to be changed because innocent questions and answers will be reported/removed while others, that are extremely offensive, are left alone. PLUS, I know that there are waaaaaay too many trolls disguised as "reliable users" who are out to get other users they don't like by wrongfully reporting them.





Furthermore, people who state their opinions are being reported as well. And Y!A says that having a strong opinion is NOT a justifiable reason for reporting someone. They just ask that users "do not use slurs to refer to groups of people, do not insult other members, and do not act in a belligerent manner towards others" when stating their opinions. Unfortunately other users still do report opinionated questions or answers regardless of the fact that they don't violate any of the community guidelines. This is EXTREMELY frustrating because honest Y!A users shouldn't have to pay the price for report happy trolls!





Now, Y!A doesn't list a reason for the violation because the majority of the time, the Y!A team isn't one who flagged your question or answer. When a user reports a question or answer they have the option to give further details as to why their reporting the question or answer i.e. "insulting other members." This will show up as the violation reason when the reported user receives the violation notice. Now, if the user DOESN'T list additional details, you won't receive a reason. I know this isn't the best format, but unfortunately that's the way it is.





Now, if you've received a violation notice you can appeal if you feel that you didn't violate any of the community guidelines. Just know that after appealing you'll receive an automated response that lists the community guidelines and then it will ask you to appeal again if you still believe your question or answer was removed unfairly. (Note: you may want to copy and paste your appeal's details and save it in a word document as you'll probably need to list it again in your final appeal). A couple of months ago I had a question and my points restored after turning over a violation notice that said I had been "chatting." So don't lose hope. People CAN actually win appeals. You just need to make sure that you address your case in a calm and concise manner as opposed to just asking, "Why?" or ranting. As a result the Y!A team will have a better understanding of the point you're trying to make.
Reply:Hello Badass Jesus,





Sorry to tell you that we are now governed with a first defense barrier when we post, it's called "Community Moderation", read ALL about it here :


http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/answers...





I am including also a link to what is "chat"? :


http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/answers...





And also Q %26amp; A formats :


http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/answers...





Since you are the only person knowing textually your deleted question, with all of this information, you will be able to make or not an appeal.





Good Reading, and Good Luck !
Reply:Someone figured it is CHAT


CHAT = violation





You get this is someone reports you. Maybe they got offended by the topic, whereas something like "do you ever shower 3 times a day?" might not offend them.





So dont' ask questions other people might think are gross or yuk or sicko.