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How is it possible for a "person" to earn more than 18,000 points IN ONE WEEK on Y!A? ... PART 3?

OK Part 2 has been deleted. So be it. Having it deleted was probably to be expected, but it only convinces me that SOMEBODY DOES (or groups of somebodies do) NOT like it that I am too close to The Truth!?

Some responders are saying to me in essence:

• “If you are a teacher for 40 years, why don’t you just teach and ‘learn the rules” (of Y!A ie do not “rant” ... contrary to Y!A rules)

• “S~~k it up dude; it’s ‘Just The Way It Is!’”

• “You’re as anal as who you are complaining about”

• “Why let ‘them’ get to you?’

I’m sorry, in all good conscience, that is not an option for me. I can NOT in good conscience ... turn my head and “ignore the problem”. Others have responded positively to this notion so far.

A famous person once said something like this:

“It is not people who do something we hate that we need to fear;

we need to fear those who knew what was done, and DID NOTHING about it!”

So before anyone else complains ...

READ WHAT I HAVE TO SAY FIRST! CAN YOU ANSWER MY VALID Q? ... or not.

If you have an answer or a suggestion, then respond.

If you do not, then carry on with another Q.

BUT ... I MAINTAIN THAT MY Q IS AS LEGITIMATE AS ANYONE ELSE’s Q!!

(Just like the many Q’s I have answered in the past 9 months.)

IFF (IF & ONLY IF) after having read, and contemplated, my equally-valid Q, you deem I that what I am actually asking is Not Worthy of EVERONE @ Y!A’s consideration of my HOPE & DESIRE for CHANGE ...

... THEN (and only then) ask the Y!A ADMIN to delete me again. But I, as a 90% BA Top Contributor, Top Answerer (#10 in Canada), will Quit Contributing to Y!A until I (we ALL actually) get:

• a decent investigation of my assertions (going through the usual channels will NOT – IMHO – produce any effective change), and

––– IF – indeed my assertion proves to be (unfortunately) true (which would indeed be a really sad thing! ☹)

––– THEN

• a report about the findings of that investigation be given to the WHOLE Y!A Community ( a “yay” or a “nay” response fro Y!A Admin is required, and I do not care which it is, and WILL ABIDE by their findings, BUT ensure that the investigation be thorough and deep!), and

• a resolution to the problem with Changes to the Rules of Engagement here at Y!A be made, so that ALL of us can feel that the system is “OURS”, not “THEIRS”!

IF

––– you want the REST of my "musings" in a Part 4 (an edited non-rant re-post of Part 2),

Then

––– say so. I WILL only be too glad to risk my membership in Y!A to serve a "greater good"

Cheers people of Y!A ! ... No .... on 2nd thought ... Scratch my customary salutation!

Instead, I will say: "Resistance is Futile!" ☹

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I can see why your question was deleted (not saying that I reported it). Your question isn't a question but it is a rant. Obviously as someone else in the prior question pointed out it does not line up with the Y!A community rules. I do not care as to what your profession is or what you are asking about, because this is a rant. I have no idea what you are asking, and I don't believe anyone will read all of this because it is just too much to take in. I don't mind answering questions, but when someone posts enormous amounts of text, I don't bother reading it. So I suggest you condense your question and make it understandable. Otherwise it is just a rant, and users generally do not answer questions like these, unless the question is clear and cut. Your answer is not. Again, I did not and will not report this because someone else will probably do it. But with that said, your question is a rant which is why it was removed before.

  • RAY G
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    I agree with Friendly Stranger. I won't report it either, because you evidently want a genuine answer.

    Your question is a rant. Yes, the basic question is valid - but the diatribe accompanying it is way into the territory of rant, and someone will validly report it sooner or later. Just ask the question, minus the ramble and complaints and threats and complicated analysis arguing your point, and it'll be fine.

    Better still, take it to the Chatzy forum (address is at the anti-spam thread on the Suggestion Board) where you'll be able to name the offending account - it sure looks suspicious to me - and get people with "inside-track" Y!A connections to take a look at it.

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