Just a thought for the forum.?

Question

I'm just wondering if the folks here quit giving any type of answer to the clowns who hide behind the blue anonymous moniker if one, they will quit using it. 2, yahoo will take note of it. or 3, one of those blue man ninjas will complain about no one answering them. Personally I won't give an answer to the blue man head ninja.

Answer 1

If someone posts a potentially embarrssing question with the blue hat - I am ok with that.



My biggiest issue here in the past 6 months...... 25% of the questions asked here - the people could very easily have simply googled the make and model number and gotten the info they wanted.



The other things that pissed me off 10-15% of the questions here - someone asks a question..... but you get the feeling somethig is not quite right...... so you look at their profile or other questions and learn they are a 1-3 years away from legally buying it, or, are a convicted felon and can never buy it - or worse - they are a self professed 12 year old 'major gamer' and the whole questions is the result of the kid being totally oblivious of the difference between a game and the real world.



And then we have the ostriges. "I am 18, can I buy a pistol in California (or NY, CT, or Ma) and you wonder how could anyone over the age of 6 have missed all the gun contol talk, press, and news while living in one of those states the past 4 years??



If I could, I would edit YA so anyone who asks a 'how much is my' question was treated like swear words.



I would also restrict anyone with a new account or negative points from posting in the Hunting Section. These are about always trolls.

Answer 2

Yahoo has never listened to the user community and I doubt ever will. Look at the mess they created in just the last 2 years of changes that make no sense or add any value. If anything, Yahoo has made it easier to abuse and rig the system so anyone can jump up levels very quickly from 0 to 6 and above. Those anonymous users by and large are users giving their other accounts the "best answer" points and leveling up. But that's Yahoo's problem if they want to make their Answers page irrelevant.

Answer 3

Does not matter if Anonymous or not, would answer if the question from a real person with a real question. I'm thinking Y!A has some staff or an outsource company to type up random questions to get internet traffic. Just like the news are a bunch of click-bait links. If Y goes away, it would not matter to me. They are not a cool company anymore. Even though I'm still hanging around once in a while.

Answer 4

Who cares. It is easy enough to spot the troll questions, so just avoid them if you want to avoid the trolls. Nobody forces you to answer anything.



The only people on this forum worrying about the anonymous ability are probably NSA agents who don't have moderator status.

Answer 5

Or they could be like me, a 63 year old wanna be hunter with one deer per year, couple of hogs and a Back Bear--squared 6',9" with 19.5" skull, and 6 inch Ivory! I don't care about my avatar, picture, or what ever you wanna call it.



May I suggest answer the ones you want.

Answer 6

I don't get why everyone has such a hard on about anonymous questions. Hell, unless you're posting w/ your real name, which almost no one does, it's still anonymous, so why are you in such a tizzy about it? If someone gave me a good reason as to why it harms them to answer an anonymous question, maybe I'd change my mind.

Answer 7

If it's a question about hunting, a serious hunting question, I'll answer most of the time.



If I think it's a 13 y.o. mall ninja wannabee, I tell them my answer has chosen to be anonymous.

Answer 8

It's called an avatar and whenever people answer questions from an anonymous poster they should follow suit and make their answer anonymous like this

Answer 9

Works for me. Or, everybody answer using the blue cartoon. Actually, I'm about ready to bail anyway, I'd like to break this bad habit.

Answer 10

I never really pay attention. Its mostly anonymous here anyway. Nobody knows me.

Answer 11

Answer the questions you want to answer. You may also choose not to answer questions. Each of us has that choice. Use it at your discretion. :-)

Answer 12

Not a bad idea, I have no respect for those too cowardly to even identify themselves and hide behind that ugly blue "anonymous" avatar.

Answer 13

What, and ruin my entertainment??