"dogisbadob" (dogisbadob)
07/22/2020 at 18:49 • Filed to: None
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"dogisbadob" (dogisbadob)
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You really only go to Yahoo for the comments. Many of their articles are written poorly, so you go to the comments to clear it up.
Then you have the clickbait and other funny shit that nobody actually reads the article; people go right to the comments.
HammerheadFistpunch
> dogisbadob
07/22/2020 at 18:56 |
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Any service that doesn’t value the contribution of their users does so at their own peril.
CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
> dogisbadob
07/22/2020 at 18:56 |
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Wait. You go to Yahoo AND you read the comments?
That can’t be good for your mental health
Nibby
> dogisbadob
07/22/2020 at 19:00 |
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yahoo comments are barely a step above 4chan
jminer
> dogisbadob
07/22/2020 at 19:36 |
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Basically if it isn’t Jalopnik, Revzilla or Rideapart their comments are like looking at youtube comments. Just don’t do it...
SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
> CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
07/22/2020 at 19:38 |
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But I can read the scholarly articles in Playboy AND look at pics. Much better for mental health...
Da Manny
> dogisbadob
07/22/2020 at 19:52 |
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rip Yahoo. The comment section was the only reason I clicked the articles. I would read the headline and skip straight to the comments. Most of the comments were racist or pro/anti Trump drivel, but it was more entertaining than reading the poorly written articles.
not for canada - australian in disguise
> dogisbadob
07/22/2020 at 20:29 |
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rip ken m
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dogisbadob
> Da Manny
07/22/2020 at 20:39 |
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+1
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dogisbadob
> not for canada - australian in disguise
07/22/2020 at 20:41 |
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ken m from can am :p
ranwhenparked
> dogisbadob
07/22/2020 at 20:42 |
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Is Yahoo Answers, aka the People of Walmart of advice forums, still up, at least?
Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available
> dogisbadob
07/22/2020 at 20:43 |
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What a bunch of y ahoos.
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dogisbadob
> ranwhenparked
07/22/2020 at 20:44 |
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Yes, thankfully Yahoo Answers is still up :o)
Yahoo Answers is the best question and answer site. Fuck reddit and quora lol
Quora is too serious. Yahoo
Answers has lots of trolls, and Reddit is somewhere in between
Blackcab996
> Da Manny
07/22/2020 at 22:32 |
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+ 1. The articles seem to be written by a middle school journalism class, but the comments were pretty darn funny. I guess I’m done with yahoo, which is probably good for my brain cells.
Dixie Normus
> dogisbadob
07/23/2020 at 00:26 |
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Anyone know the next best thing to yahoo comments? Something where news is vaguely reported and people can comment? I need my daily fills of drivel...
ttyymmnn
> dogisbadob
07/23/2020 at 01:12 |
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Our local NBC affiliate, where I get my local news, did away with comments a couple of years ago and it’s been wonderful. All new sites should do away with comments.
PS9
> dogisbadob
07/23/2020 at 01:23 |
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Y ou really only go to Yahoo for the comments.
No.
Many of their articles are written poorly, so you go to the comments to clear it up.
Also no.
nobody actually reads the article; people go right to the comments.
Yes. Because of that...no.
Arthur Rimbaud
> ttyymmnn
07/23/2020 at 03:06 |
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yes who wants freedom of speech and un
censored
expression especially when it might hurt your precious feelings or offend your illusion of intellect
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mistral
> dogisbadob
07/23/2020 at 05:04 |
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Comments should be removed because regardless of the article, people use the platform to make divisive statements, usually political and very often derogatory. Prolific readers that post in the tens of thousands bait others with incendiary ‘opinions’ designed to stoke discord and dissent. Yahoo, like every other media outlet, has a responsibility to uphold a basic level of human decency. Allowing readers to publicly voice hate speech, call for extra-judicial violence, and rudely insult one another only adds to an already tense environment. There are far too many other outlets for people to make their opinions known; Yahoo no longer need be one of them.
Nauraushaun
> dogisbadob
07/23/2020 at 05:54 |
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I find Quora to be garbage. Stack Exchange is where it’s at - it’s pretty serious, but it’s designed solely to have questions get asked and properly answered.
It might be something only software devs know of, but god it works.
Proudandpink
> PS9
07/23/2020 at 08:28 |
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Yes, yes, yes! Did you or I add anything of substance, now you can say- no!
davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> HammerheadFistpunch
07/23/2020 at 09:14 |
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That said, the comment section of nearly every local news story generally
devolves into chaos and name-calling...
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> dogisbadob
07/23/2020 at 09:16 |
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dogisbadob is just here for the trolls. LOL
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> ttyymmnn
07/23/2020 at 09:19 |
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Seems like a middle ground would be for them to have a forum setup on a completely different site where people could go, if they really feel the need, and comment/discuss/argue about stories.
Still there, but not immediately visible and easily avoided.
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> Da Manny
07/23/2020 at 09:20 |
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Entertaining, maybe, but depressing as hell when you consider
how many people still think like that in 2020
...
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ttyymmnn
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
07/23/2020 at 09:23 |
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I just don’t understand the necessity for people to be able to discuss everything . Time was, if you wanted to have your opinion printed in the newspaper, you had to send a letter and sign your real name, and your real name got printed in the newspaper. What drives the absolute worst of the internet is that people can spew their garbage anonymously.
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> ttyymmnn
07/23/2020 at 09:55 |
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Yeah, I get it, but there are benefits as well (if a member of the public has additional information, or an update, or something reported is incorrect). The problem is, the percentage of comments that are actually helpful/positive are probably 5% or less...
The anonymity and distance of saying whatever you want on the internet definitely aren’t positives (except in the case of whistleblowers).
Would your really say that if your friends
and family could hear
you, or if there was the potential for you to get punched immediately after?
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dogisbadob
> Nauraushaun
07/23/2020 at 10:00 |
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Stack Exchange sucks because it’s impossible to even get started. Probably created by the same people who want 3-5 years of experience for an entry level job.
I can understand wanting to get the trolls out, but Stackexchange goes too far and actually hampers legit questions
and answers. Maybe
it’s just a matter of lowering their insanely high thresholds, but even then it’s a maybe.
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Augustus
> dogisbadob
07/23/2020 at 10:40 |
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Let’s be honest, it’s probably for the best. The comments section was broken beyond repair. People were rigging the system so that the most divisive comments had a thumbs up-down ration of about 100-1 in the first few minutes of posting. If you know how divisive the Yahoo Comments section was, 100-1 is just about impossible. Coupled with the toxic racism, sexism, and political bashing, the worlds better off without it.
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Only Biased based on facts
> dogisbadob
07/23/2020 at 12:59 |
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I would estimate that only 10 % of Yahoo comments are truly hateful. The vast majority are sarcastic. I also find posting to be liberating in this very divisive time. Better to know what people are thinking the n have everyone stewing on it. There was a time on Yahoo where the comment structure allowed for better one on one debate and it was easy to go back to that debate. I had a lot more analytical and fact based discussions and debates in that format. Then they changed it where it was more difficult to return to the one on one and you were always in the midst of everyone vomiting their opinion. Still - without the comments, Yahoo becomes another general news syndicate and they also lose all those eyeballs in the comment section which must be millions and for long periods of time. I can’t imagine how that is good for their business.
Stef Schrader
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
07/23/2020 at 13:31 |
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That’s Entertainment!
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Erich Alba
> dogisbadob
07/23/2020 at 15:56 |
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I stopped reading comments in the Yahoo News after they ruined my day too many times...It seemd to be a gathering place for the AM radio - MAGA crowd , Anti-Nonwhite , Pro-South, Anti-Muslim, Pro-Afghan War, Anti-Diversity, Pro-Confederate Statue, Anti-Everything Obama, Pro/ Anti-Government (depending on situation) , Pro- Christianity Only, Anti-Ma sks, Pro- Life, Anti-Un iv ersal He althcare crowd.
ncbo
> Arthur Rimbaud
07/23/2020 at 17:20 |
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My god do you have to be stupid to still in 2020 imagine that removing comments violates the Constitution of our government.
HAdes1
> dogisbadob
07/23/2020 at 17:20 |
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Lol for many years I've left comments on Yahoo news explaining I am Lucifer. They actually tried to help the commentors see that with specific stories to back me up. What in the world did y'all do? Oh my God. Lmao. Well party is over but I'm still Lucifer..lol
UnbiddenOne
> dogisbadob
07/23/2020 at 17:29 |
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I’
m done with yahoo!
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UnbiddenOne
> dogisbadob
07/23/2020 at 17:30 |
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Yahoo should cancel the news and post only comments.
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Nauraushaun
> dogisbadob
07/23/2020 at 17:44 |
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I think they’re trying to lower the threshold as you say, to avoid people
getting the book thrown at them for not following a strict format, etc. But you’re right
T deF
> dogisbadob
07/24/2020 at 21:08 |
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I came here to comment so what does that say. I value input. I say it's part of bigger lawsuit or series of.
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scottatl
> dogisbadob
07/26/2020 at 22:56 |
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sign the petition to bring back the comments
Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> dogisbadob
08/11/2020 at 13:16 |
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Of all the early internet companies Yahoo still manages to be alive...
And I have a yahoo email address because I got one in 1994. I remember signing up for it in the computer lab on campus. Good times.