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by Retro_Rebel on February 19th, 2008
AB. Did you know on Yahoo answers you lose points asking questions.
by Kyogre-Stataen on August 15th, 2007
Answerbag for sure.
I have an account on Yahoo! Answers, but it seems on that website, it's not very social and open there. People actually question me when I ask a question.
Here on Answerbag, it's more fun, with the comments, those thought provoking questions, and much, much more.
by loveschimps on February 19th, 2008
Answerbag
by Jodie44 on June 23rd, 2007
Answerbag, of course! I've heard YA doesn't have the community feeling that AB has.
by Sgifan on February 19th, 2008
answerbag by leaps and bounds.
Tho Yahells crappy service is why Micro$oft is planning a corperate take over
by Crystal on February 19th, 2008
Of coarse,Answerbag.
by Someone on September 23rd, 2007
If you prefer there, then perhaps you should be there and not ask this question here where you know you won't get support.
by Emmagirl wants to leave and not leave... on August 15th, 2007
ANSWERBAG!!!! It has more personality.
by contraryone on June 4th, 2007
Answerbag to me is more laid back where yahoo answers seems to be a little more serious. AB has alot of funny people and knowledgeable people. Not a day goes by where I dont get a laugh or leave this site a little smarter.
by Wide Awake @ has closing date woo hoo on October 23rd, 2008
Heck, no.
Here they have actual people doing actual logical customer service, vs. bots that are prone to manipulation by trolls.
Also, the people are much nicer at AB, as the trolls get weeded out more quickly and with less effort.
by maS elcnU on October 23rd, 2008
No. They are facists.
AB rules!
My 2 cents.
by Squirrel Face on October 23rd, 2008
I like AB better.
by canten m on October 10th, 2008
yes.yahoos answer page is more kinda.........um..............not as good as this.lets put it that way.
by j ninja... on October 10th, 2008
Never tried Yahoo answers.But I like it here just fine!!
by Talimze on February 19th, 2008
Uh...the green one!
by hardtograsp on February 19th, 2008
AB...enough said
by American idle on May 26th, 2007
I don't bother with YA anymore.
by HoboJoe on August 12th, 2009
AnswerBag by a knockout in the first round.
by Bigessfour wears a Army COAT on April 15th, 2009
Started on Yahoo answers, that site is lame, came here and been here ever since!
by Jennie thanks all of you ABers on February 13th, 2009
AB! Yahoo answers sucks ass and so do their trolls.
by kitty185 on October 31st, 2008
TOTALLY AB!!! the people here are way funnier and WAY nicer!
by Sodapop on October 23rd, 2008
Are you trying to bring out the AB police (shifty-eyed look)? they're everywhere ;), i like this site better honestly, but i'd be a liar if i didn't say i dont look up a question on Yahoo! Answers while i look up questions on this site.
by aivzdog on October 23rd, 2008
I like this site better but I use both.
by Nrthn1 on May 26th, 2008
I don't use Yahoo because I prefer AB
by Roselynn...unregistered text offender... on April 9th, 2008
Answer bag.
Yahoo answers is boring.
:)
~+~
by buxtonite ..slowly losing my mind on March 6th, 2008
no contest!!! AB hands down.....Yahpoo is a dirty word
by Kevisaurus is a Carnotaurus today on November 6th, 2007
Yahoo Answers is F***ing retarded.
Why would someone lose points for posting a question and what the F*** is the logic behind having questions expire.
Secondly, why would I automatically be rewarded 2 points just for answering. Answers should be rewarded based upon the value they possess as to how they answer the question.
You cannot even pick an individualized avatar for Yahoo Answers, how lame is that?
There is no free flow of ideas there and everything is so constricted.
On the bag, as long as you post a good and original question, the sky is the limit to how many answers it can get if it is an open ended question.
I love to use Yahoo email because it is simple and easy to use but their answer site is utterly retarded.
I'm still a level one there because I gave up since the whole format seemed utterly gay and I do not mean to offend any gay people when I say this; I mean it in a different sense if you follow me.
by keithold is a prodigal bagger on October 25th, 2007
G'day Justbuddy67,
Thank you for your question.
Yahoo! Answers has more users than Answerbag because Yahoo! promotes it vigorously.
However, Answerbag has the advantages over Yahoo! Answers in the following areas.
1. Better culture and better users. There are many great users on Yahoo! Answers but the culture can be toxic at times.
2. It is a better run site. The moderators actually look at complaints before they rule on them. At Yahoo! Answers, they used to act on all complaints whether warranted or not.
3. Question database better run. There aren't endless repeats of why is the sky blue.
4. You can earn points for good questions. You have no idea what a difference that makes.
If Answerbag had as much promotion as Yahoo! Answers it would be more popular. I am a level 7 at Yahoo! Answers with 50,000 points and have been a registered user since February 2006. I have been a bagger since January 2007 and have been more active here since then.
Regards
by SPARKLES on August 31st, 2007
well Yahoo is full of trolls that got my account deleted. i have had no explaination whatsoever and opened up a new account there. i keep getting stalked by a homophobic weirdo who changes there avatar name and keeps talking about bisexuals. everytime i log on (any time day and night) this avatar pops up following around. it's like they are obsessed with me and don't EVER log off and even though my answers and questions were private they still managed to track me down. Yahoo need to sort out there troll and abuse problem.
by Arisztid on May 26th, 2007
Answerbag.
I finally left yahoo answers because I picked up a nutjob and yahoo answers would not help me. After this nutjob cloned me 22 times and made 35+ accounts to harass me with yahoo taking up to two days to do anything despite reporting the everloving bejeesus out of him and writing customer care and abuse, I realized that it was a losing battle.
I am enjoying the comparatively troll-free atmosphere here. Yes, there are trolls here but NOTHING like yahoo.
I miss the Gypsy questions but I can live with that. I also enjoy the fact that answerbag has more intelligent questions than yahoo.
by Abu on December 31st, 2008
I am not getting you? Is there anything called yahoo answers? LOL
by Just Plain KRAZY on December 31st, 2008
Yahoo answers? what is that? LOL
by Scrappy on July 25th, 2008
I like ya and answerbag. I have reached my limit 7 on YA so I thought I would come over here. I like that on YA people can give you best answer and you get points for that.. I really don't like the way these categories are set up..
Right now on YA, it's been nothing but kids asking stupid questions like am I pretty, does he like me, do you like my hair color, could I be pregnant? There are 9 and 10 year olds on that site and they are supposed to be 13 which Is still too young. I feel uneasy answering questions on there because I may be saying something that a 10 or 11 old will read and he/she doesn't need to hear from YA (suicide, abortion, etc.).. YA doesn't follow up very well.. Some people will post a ? and in 10 minutes post the same question. That same question can be posted 50 times in an hours time in each category and nobody to enforce it. There are a lot of trolls there. If you give an opinion and someone disagrees with you, they will report you, you will get in trouble and lose your yahoo account.. NObody follows up to see if the report was really a TOS violation or not.. and nobody has ever appealed and won.. they don't even look at the thing..they just take a person's word for it..
YA is quickly losing it's fan base. People are tired of getting to rank 7 (50,000 points) and then their accounts getting deleted for no valid reason..
by Jane on July 22nd, 2008
dont be foolish- AB
by Jennie thanks all of you ABers on April 9th, 2008
Answerbag!
by florescentbunny is sleepy on February 19th, 2008
I don't have an account with yahoo answers, but i've been to it several times and i really don't like the layout of it. I like all the features and everything here so far.
by Account Closed on November 5th, 2007
I never been to yahoo answers but from what I have heard I will not waste my time checking them out. So here is fine for me.
by tinybubbles is sitting on the carpet read on July 7th, 2007
answerbag of course,it is the best and i have met lots of awesome people here.
by iwnit on June 23rd, 2007
1) Many people here would answer Answerbag, I suppose, or they would not stay here.
2) As a comparison, you could ask the same question on Yahoo Answer and get other results.
Well actually the "best answer" given there was: "Try each of them, then decide for yourself."
3) I do not have much experience with Yahoo Answers, I just chance on their questions and answer sometimes on the web as I am looking for information.
I am satisfied with AB, I like being here.
If I would give something else a try, I think I would be more interested to have a look at Wiki Answers, because they work on a similar basis as Wikipedia, and I appreciate it when you do not have this advertisements everywhere.
4) Here some further information:
http://mashable.com/2006/12/28/yahoo-answers-dominates-q-a-no-wonder-google-gave-up/
http://review.zdnet.com/online-software-services/answerbag/4505-9239_16-32058758.html
http://www.socaltech.com/interview_with_joel_downs,_founder,_answerbag/s-0007273.html
http://ph.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070612233756AA1eFOb
by Keysha on June 23rd, 2007
Answerbag is better. Answers has a huge troll problem, their customer service absolutely sucks, they do not obey their on TOS, you are restricted on the types of questions and answers you can post (no 'chatting', for example), and the questions are only available for answering for a limited time.
by Mr. Meaulnes on May 26th, 2007
That depends on what criteria you compare them on.
In my humble opinion though, the incredible people who populate Answerbag trump anything Yahoo answers could *Possibly* have over AB.
by gtravels loves her life penguin on December 4th, 2011
Only good thing about Yahoo Answers is that it's how I learned about Answerbag. That was almost five years ago and I never looked back.
Some other opinions here:
http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/306859
by Lori K still ignores stalkers and trolls on October 23rd, 2008
Absolutely not. I left Y!A in disgust and have never regretted it. I got suspended at Y!A for citing http://www.irs.gov/ during tax season as part of an answer to a question. I got a nice form e-mail that stated that I had cited an offensive website. Well, the IRS may very well be offensive, but surely that suspension was ridiculous. That was the straw that broke the camel's back for me. I'm done with the Yahoo and it's automated censorbots that make no sense at all.
by Tehani on October 10th, 2008
Absolutely.
by LuckyLefty on August 11th, 2008
thats like asking an american..
who do you like more, jesus or bin laden?
what are you thinking? LOL
by Star101 is I.H.S.L.A.C.M on July 22nd, 2008
Answerbag.
by Barcaluv on November 5th, 2007
Yahoo what? ; )
by Pauliegunz on October 23rd, 2008
I dont think so
by Butterfly on May 22nd, 2008
Yahoo answer... because you get 2 points for every answer...
by I luv Gaara and his mustashe XD on April 7th, 2008
IDK... both i guess..
what does ceramic actually mean?
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really?
by hardtograsp on February 19th, 2008
WTF?
by Darth 5349U11 on March 2nd, 2008
Yeah! Points over there is like money. And you have to earn it by getting your answers rated "best answer".
by Retro_Rebel on March 3rd, 2008
that's stupidity
by FreshApples on April 6th, 2008
AND you can vote for your own answers as "Best Answer"!
It usually takes about 3 to 4 days before a Q is considered "In Voting".
Very Truly Yours,
Ron Berue
Yes, that is my real last name!
I AM A FORMER Y! A participant.
I WON'T return to Y! A.
by R_Berue on July 10th, 2008
Not to mention their ridiculous and unreasonable moderators. I asked a question which, while controversial, violated none of their guidelines. It was simply "Do you believe in hell? And if so, how have you learned to cope with this belief?". That violates NONE of their guidelines. Well, someone on there for whatever reason decided this question was too controversial, so rather than doing the reasonable thing and moving on to another question, they reported me, and YA had my question removed and sent me a violation notice saying it had been removed because it was "not a question or answer". Don't ask me how "Do you believe in hell?" does not qualify as a question. It even has a question mark and everything! Anyway, I will switch to Answer Bag permanently and hope the same sort of fascism does not go on here.
by Anonymous on October 13th, 2008
I know!! It's terrible to be reprimanded for being curious!! And plus, it takes forever for someone to answer your questions! With AB, you get answers almost instantly, and i like that. And you don't get points taken away for asking questions. Another bonus is that people aren't plastic, and for the most part are more thourough with ther responses. Great sense of community as well 8o)
by Sunset on November 22nd, 2008
I am myself a yahoo answers refugee, it's even in my name. I have to spend more time here to see if it's better or not though. I like the fact that you can comment other answers without getting violated though.
by yahoorefugee on November 29th, 2008
Oh trust us, it's better here, at AB. You can ask freely, and you wont get points deducted.
by Sunset on November 30th, 2008
the only good thing about Y!A is if i am desperate and at school as it is not blocked opposed to AB
by Darth 5349U11 on December 15th, 2008
Me Too +2
by Larry on February 14th, 2009
but i no longer have to suffer i have my own wireless internet now and a laptop! go uncensored internet
by Darth 5349U11 on February 15th, 2009