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Why does Yahoo keep messing with the visual layout of the site instead of cleaning up the content? ?

This site is infested with trolls, gamers, and misinformation agents and they don't seem to want to do anything to reduce that.  Personally I think that both the blocking feature and the anonymous feature help to protect and encourage trolls instead of limiting that kind of behavior.  What else could the administrators of this site do to clean up the content?

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  • Anonymous
    10 months ago

    I haven't seen any changes to the visual layout for a long time. Seems like it's in your head.

  • 10 months ago

    My account crashed about 18 months ago and when it was restored the statistics were messed up.  Multiple tries with YA customer service got all of them fixed except for Best Answer.  No idea why they could not correct the BA stat.  My real BA score is about 10%. 

    I agree YA should not allow anonymous posts, but it probably doesn't really matter since Yahoo is free and they can make an unlimited number of sock puppets.

    Note that YA apparently no longer allows users to message each other via e-mail through YA.  

    Finally, YA stopped working properly years ago when Yahoo moved its T administration to India. It was also very shortly after the move that Yahoo got hacked.  

  • R.j.
    Lv 5
    11 months ago

    Meg, i agree with you, how are you doing,im rick

  • 11 months ago

    Good post. Except this seem to be a feedback then a public ask.

    I have seen post marked a decade. Not sure they are they not wiped out as they are outdated information by now.

  • .
    Lv 7
    11 months ago

    That's a question no one here can accurately answer, because no one at Yahoo/Verizon has chosen to make that public. You know that. A reasonable guess would be because it's cheaper/easier, and that they aren't all that concerned about "cleaning up the content" (that's the job of the users, many of whom are too apathetic to bother reporting anything these days). 

    The feedback forum is where users can go to bring issues to the attention of Yahoo/Verizon and to provide feedback on features (new and old). You can do that here https://yahoo.uservoice.com/forums/924010

  • ?
    Lv 7
    11 months ago

    Yahoo is Trying to compete with other Sites like Quora but your right they should Clean up the Content and not worry about how the Site Looks 

  • ?
    Lv 7
    11 months ago

    apparently,  they have a dart board in their home office, and someone must have hit   "change format for the worse"  again. 

    I'm begining to wonder if that dart board even ***HAS*** a space, that says  "Change Format  with massive  GREAT improvements! "

    Clearly not. 

  • Anonymous
    11 months ago

    Because they care more about money than about users.

    Please vote on relevant suggestions in the suggestion-board, like this one

    https://yahoo.uservoice.com/forums/924010-yahoo-an...

  • 11 months ago

    Trolls get reactions.  Reactions get clicks.  Clicks = money.  

    The question is what is the goal of this site for Yahoo?

  • Tavy
    Lv 7
    11 months ago

    If people had to pay to use this site there would be more control.

    As is it's free, so any fool can use it.

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