My Dirty New Passtime...

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My Dirty New Passtime...

I have, within this week, become obsessed with Yahoo! Canada Answers.  I love it.  Sometimes, I actually answer a question genuinely.  When I am in the Religion and Spirituality section, however, I find I have this compulsion to respond as... well, as I would here, but shorter, more bluntly or even with nonsense.  It's so fun!  I get to annoy Christians of all varieties simply by answering questions with 'The Bliblical god doesn't exist'.  It's so wonderful!  No one can argue, only vote my anwer up or down.  Does anyone else have an obsession with Yahoo! Answers?

BigUniverse wrote,

"Well the things that happen less often are more likely to be the result of the supper natural. A thing like loosing my keys in the morning is not likely supper natural, but finding a thousand dollars or meeting a celebrity might be."


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I'm hardly there anymore.

I'm hardly there anymore. The trolls run the site - basically if you get reported a few times your post is automatically deleted. If you try to appeal it's automatically denied - you get a computer generated response that doesn't even make sense. A lot of people were deleted there simply because "report trolls" disagreed with them. Basically they don't want to deal with actual moderators and this causes problems anyone else could figure out.

Matt Shizzle has been banned from the Rational Response Squad website. This event shall provide an atmosphere more conducive to social growth. - Majority of the mod team


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MattShizzle wrote:I'm hardly

MattShizzle wrote:

I'm hardly there anymore. The trolls run the site - basically if you get reported a few times your post is automatically deleted. If you try to appeal it's automatically denied - you get a computer generated response that doesn't even make sense. A lot of people were deleted there simply because "report trolls" disagreed with them. Basically they don't want to deal with actual moderators and this causes problems anyone else could figure out.

Really?  As far as I can tell the trolls are the Atheists.  I would consider myself a troll on Yahoo! Answers.


 

BigUniverse wrote,

"Well the things that happen less often are more likely to be the result of the supper natural. A thing like loosing my keys in the morning is not likely supper natural, but finding a thousand dollars or meeting a celebrity might be."


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I'm talking about report

I'm talking about report trolls - people that report things that aren't violations knowing nobody will actually look. Also, they word their rules so vaguely that almost anything can be considered a violation. They even told people they won't tell them what the violation is without a court order. Some didn't even lose just their answers account, but their e mail, 360, etc too. No wonder their stock price keeps falling.

Matt Shizzle has been banned from the Rational Response Squad website. This event shall provide an atmosphere more conducive to social growth. - Majority of the mod team


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MattShizzle wrote:I'm

MattShizzle wrote:

I'm talking about report trolls - people that report things that aren't violations knowing nobody will actually look. Also, they word their rules so vaguely that almost anything can be considered a violation. They even told people they won't tell them what the violation is without a court order. Some didn't even lose just their answers account, but their e mail, 360, etc too. No wonder their stock price keeps falling.

Wow.  Iz teh schits.  Hopefully those report folk on Yahoo! Canada Answers aren't as apt to report.


 

BigUniverse wrote,

"Well the things that happen less often are more likely to be the result of the supper natural. A thing like loosing my keys in the morning is not likely supper natural, but finding a thousand dollars or meeting a celebrity might be."