Yahoo! Answers: A big disaster?

August 8th, 2006 2:48 pm by BlackWhite

I’ve never liked Yahoo! Answers when someone recommended it. According to Scripps Howard’s News Service, Yahoo! Answers is a disaster. In my opinion, Yahoo! Answers is full of chat-happy posters and members who have no regard for the rules/guidelines.

Q: On your recommendation, I tried the Yahoo Answers site and was disappointed by the level of the questions and the amount of spam on the site. It seemed like everyone was taking it as a joke.

A. Me, too. Right after my column a few weeks ago the site was inundated with people, many of whom have paid no attention to the guidelines. It has turned into a chat room and doesn’t come close to rivaling Google Answers. If they ever hire enough moderators, I will let you know. But in the meantime the site is a disaster.

I guess nothing beats Ask MetaFilter. :)

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12 Responses to “Yahoo! Answers: A big disaster?”

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    benjamin Says:

    chat-happy posters and members – sometimes it’s fund to read their posts. Slashdot – I went straight for funny 5 comments.

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    Jonquille Says:

    Me I just ask GoalMunster

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    BlackWhite Says:

    I dont have anything against chat-happy posters. Its fun sometimes. :) But for a site, the scale of Yahoo! Answers, where people are really looking for answers, it becomes really annoying.

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    benjamin Says:

    Yea.. Good answers is ok with that, but having to pay the author of the right answer , me thinks stop its explosion. Perhaps, you could always deny that the ans is right to avoid the payment hehe

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    benjamin Says:

    I mean Google Answer

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    superstarring Says:

    Kei chu nuam ka ti ropui besides I never receive nonsense reply

    Nia, thrnekhat trul lo deuh2 zot chu an tam mai…mahse thil serious tak2 poh a tam

    Trum khat chiah question ka la zot a and I receive a grt response.

    some might answer to your question just to gain an extra 2 points, tun ni 2 chhuang khan 24pt vel ka gain :), voting my answer as best answer

    La serious lo an om a nga, la serious an om bok ang

    Thra ber chu Yahoo! Products tih ang rengah hian thu ho an soi ngai lo

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    benjamin Says:

    Eng thu nge i va sawi ve reng reng

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    SiLent_Man Says:

    You dont really have to ‘pay’ anything as such. You just select the best answer and the ‘answerer’ gets 10 points. You also get 3 point for choosing a best answer. If you do not choose, it will be chosen by vote and the answerer of the ‘chosen one’ still gets 10 points.

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    superstarring Says:

    Yahoo! Answers-ah mo?

    Thu thra tak2 hlir :P

    Hei, ka chhana ho

    http://answers.yahoo.com/my/pr.....038;more=y

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    ReMpY_ScisSoR Says:

    Trangkai ka ti rapthlak, keicu. Pawm em em tur poh ni cuaglo mahse, k hman apiangin Yahoo! Answer hi k chhiar mai2 thrin…

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    khamrang Says:

    Rempong, mu teh :lol:

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    TuaiSialA Says:

    A tangkai alawm le.

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