They regularly spam there online sites as well as feign work from home schemes. Why doesn’t yahoo compromise this problem? I hardly get 1 legit answer in those categories so i put my commercial operation questions in alternative categories. I adore Yahoo Answers, though seriously…
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YA has tried and just cannot beat them. Just keep reporting the spam
Unfortunately there are several issues like this that Y!A does very little to nothing about it like there has been a rash of malicious deletion and violation reportings even amongst people who have never had a violation. Many folks are going from years of use with 0 violations to multiples overnight. I bet this and the extra appeals are what is clogging the site today.
I think the basic non-action that goes on around here will continue until users make a strong enough stand against it. People would have to find a way to effect their bottom line ($) which would be tough considering it’d have to be enough to make advertisers find Yahoo a venue not worthy of their investment.
These people are being told in marketing course they have taken to use answers as a free promotion device.
PEOPLE you need to use the REPORT ABUSE flag (if your userlevel allows) not just a thumb down. When 2 people have reported it, the entry disappears.
I have tried to report more directly to Yahoo the Chinese fake brands store bbbshoe that’s spammed according to Google, some 12,500 times under a series of member names.