Am I violating Yahoo TOS?
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I looked at that comment from Emily, and that's some SCARY crap! And her questions--and especially her answers DO look bogus! OOOOH--I'm almost flattered that they would waste their time like that on us "subversives"!  Hope you don't get discouraged--i.e., don't let the "terrorists" win!
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I've never had a problem with Y!A.  I behave myself.\n\nBesides, it's free, and it's not your site - it belongs to Yahoo! and as such they have every right to do whatever they want.
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Don't be a prude . . . but the decision is yours . . . in yahoo . . . there is usually a local abuse button.\n\nMeanwhile, can you add them as a link with your additional information . . . I want to take a look . . .
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cuz I do what I want!\nAnd I got burned by Yahoo, so I'm just trying to educate the masses.  If you keep your questions clean and inline with the community guidlines (http://answers.yahoo.com/info/community_guidelines.php)\nthen everything will be ok.  This question does not violate, so I will not report it.  Have a nice day.
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Well, it is supposed that Y! investigates first the violation, then gives the notice but I don't think that this much is accurate, see a few days ago I reported somebody that was advertising one of those win-free-money sites and obiously I let knew the asker that I was the one giving the report by just answering "Reported scammer!" the next day I got a violation notice stating that I wasn't giving any question or answer to the asker when this wasn't even a question!!! I try to contact Y! abuse reports via mail to know if they have erased that advertisement and didn't get any satisfactory reply at all.\nThe point is that you are not the only one suffering with reports, if you wanna act like a good participant and report any violation it might come to bite your back too, so what I think it's best is that you be very careful with what you're saying around here, adress people very gently don't get yourself involved into too controversial issues or topics and just answer what is necessary ("where do I find this?" "here's a link that might help you"), and finally if you post a report don't let know the person asking or answering with a violation to know by any means that you are responsible for that report.\nGood Luck dude!!!
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There should not be a problem unless your site has ads from the Sitebuilder. This would make odd having a site on 1&1 designed in Yahoo SItebuilder. Contact 1&1.
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don't bother about it, just ignore it.\n           first thing no responsible email provider will close ur account without genuine reason,and secondly why would yahoo ask u forward the mail???If they want they can send mail to any yahoo account themselves,they don't require ur help[even the mail ids in ur mail box are stored on yahoo servers]
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*Shaking my shaggy skull* Not acceptable sorry. That is considered "Solicitation" something that can and will get you suspended/banned.\n\nAnswers is about sharing knowledge, not personal gain...
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OK, first, I totally disagree with your premise regarding human rights.  I don't even think you understand the term.  But I want to address the question about Yahoo:\n\nYahoo has a right to withdraw anything here if it wants to FOR WHATEVER REASON THEY WANT.  It is THEIR site.  They own it.  They allow you to write on it, but they can remove things if they want.  That's how a free country works.  If it is yours, you can do what you want with it.  \n\nIf I wrote things on YOUR website, YOU would have a right to remove things that you didn't like.  Why is that so hard to understand?  You do NOT have any right to publish on someone else's website.  You have a right to publish on your own site and the site of anyone who CHOOSES FREELY to allow you to post on theirs.  YOU DO NOT OWN YAHOO!!!!
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I'd double check the TOS, read my question again and see if anything feel under what they would deam a violation.  If you don't think it did, or you were misinterpreted, you can always e-mail the answers team y_answrs_team@yahoo.com and ask they about it personally.  They may not be able to repost the question, but they'd let you ask it again since they know its a misunderstanding.  Perhaps it was a particular wording you used and they can help you to word that part better.\n\nI've delt with them several times and they always get back to me within a day or two on my question and are in general really nice and fun to work with.
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I know what you're looking for and it's something like "if someone's dumb enough, then they deserve it."  But that may not be the case.  Remember, just because someone was dumb enough to follow your advice, doesn't mean they're too dumb to hire an attorney.\n\nYahoo's TOS states "You agree to indemnify and hold Yahoo! . . .  harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of Content you submit, post, transmit or otherwise make available through the Service, your use of the Service, your connection to the Service, your violation of the TOS, or your violation of any rights of another."
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I'm not sure what you mean by "penalized". If Yahoo finds a fault with your site (something against their TOS, etc.) they will notify you via email. That is the only way of finding out. If you haven't received an email from them, then you should be fine.\n\nIf your site has been removed because of a TOS violation, it is nearly impossible to have it restored.
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No business solicitations are permissible in Yahoo! Answers’ Questions or Answers.\nSomebody or other is bound to report you for abuse !
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Similar thing happened to me because some people's sensibilities just wont stand for that kind of a question.  I'm as open minded as the next guy and would never report anything like that.  But when someone does, for whatever reason, I suppose Yahoo are obliged to do something about it.  If you haven't been banned or your account deleted then don't worry too much about it.
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Sorry, buddy! But have to report to u tht ur violating the Community Guidelines\n\nAccording to the Community Guidelines\n\n1. YOU MAY NOT POST CONTENT (or links to content, including photos): \n\nj. that violates the Yahoo! Answers Community Guidelines or the Yahoo! Terms of Service in any manner. \n\n3. NO CHATTING OR PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS: You may meet friends or other interesting people on Yahoo! Answers with whom you’d like to engage in personal correspondence. If so, please use the chat option on your profile page, rather than use Yahoo! Answers itself. Questions that are chatty, or attempts to engage others in personal communications, will be removed. Some examples of questions that do not comply with the Yahoo! Answers Community Guidelines are below. These are just a few examples, and we reserve the right to change, remove, or add to the list at any time, without notice: \nHow are you? \nAnyone want to chat? \nWhat’s your name? \nHow old are you? \nDo you like my avatar? \nWhat time is it? \nWho here likes steak? \nHow many points do you have? \nWho likes Britney Spears?
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go to http://help.yahoo.com/help/security/
887621
Sounds to me like you have a fan. Don't take it personally. I think they just automatically delete anything reported as a violation even if it isn't.