Yahoo! Answers seems to really like stomping on the Constitution?

Of course, the US Constitution has no effect on Yahoo! Answers because their central office is evidently located in China. However, it's interesting to see that if Yahoo! were our government, we'd have no rights whatsoever.





* First Amendment- (Freedom of Religion, speech, press, petition, assembly) Better hope your non-obscene language dosen't disagree with anyone's opinion, because that's reportable. My question protesting a group of Islamic ambassadors was deleted. Your religious views better not offend anyone, because that's reportable.





* Second Amendment- (Right to bear arms) The way Yahoo has systematically sub-catergorized nearly everything to a very inane point, yet hasn't even made an effort to make a section regarding firearms, despite nearly every regular in the Hunting Section sending at least one e-mail to Yahoo asking to do so. Hunting and guns are, believe it or not, two entirely different things!





* Fourth Amendment- (No search/seizure without probable cause) Yahoo regularly seizes points and accounts away from rule-abiding answerers, because of someone who didn't agree with them, and they DON'T even require specific reasons for the abuse.





* Fifth Amendment – (Due process) When you are reported it seems to be automatic in your punishment. Q%26amp;A that do not violate any guidelines are deleted upon being reported.





* Sixth Amendment- ( Trial by jury and be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation) You have no chance of pleading your case-well, except to the automated reponse, who isn't all that forgiving. And when you are reported you are not told why for "privacy" reasons.





* Seventh Amendment- (Civil trial by jury) If you offend someone and they report you, it goes through no matter what the "offense" was. No group decision on whether the offender was in fact in the wrong.





*Eighth Amendment- (Cruel and unusual punishment) Deleting personal e-mail accounts because due to people not agreeing with you is cruel. I lost VERY important eBay e-mails because I wanted to know how to copy Photoshop onto a flashdrive. Cruel and unusual punishment for the "crime" I committed.





Geeze, better chain up our doors before Yahoo starts quartering IT guys in our houses!

Yahoo! Answers seems to really like stomping on the Constitution?
they must be Republicans
Reply:It's in the private sector and doesn't have to go by the constitution. We all signed up for it and agreed to the TOS.
Reply:Yahoo is a private company not a goverment organization. They are not bound to follow free speech laws. Upon signing up for an account you agree to abide by their terms of service or action up to termination of your account may be taken against you.


The mistake is on the part of people who use a free email account tied to such regulations, not yahoo.
Reply:I've been saying this for as long as I've been here. I've been telling Yahoo, as well.





A US company ought to follow US free speech laws.





ADDED: I have been waiting the opportunity to add for the first Liberal who showed up saying how "a private company doesn't have to follow free speech laws." LOL Liberals want the government to take over private enterprise!!
Reply:I am here to share, not to get,.. points are irrelevant.


Here is some unsolicited advice: Make all your questions and answers private,I know its a god damn shame but some of these folks are insane and will not stop until they get you suspended.
Reply:Just don't insult Bush and they'll leave you alone.
Reply:Wow, I -wish- Yahoo would quarter an IT guy at my house! He could be a lot of help around here!





What you don't realize is that Yahoo OWNS Yahoo Answers. It is not public property. They have the right to set the rules. THEY decide what is 'unacceptable speech', what constitutes a topic, and what the rules are when someone reports he is offended.





If you disagree with their views, you are perfectly within your rights to go start your own Answers website. In fact lots of disaffected groups have done just this. There is a GodTube to compete with YouTube, there is a Conservapedia for people who think Wikipedia is too scientific, etc.





(But though I disagree with most of your points, I do applaud your thorough knowledge of the Bill of Rights! Bravo! Do you think they apply to Republican presidents as well as Democratic ones?)
Reply:Well, everyone agreed to the terms and conditions when they signed up for an account, so it doesn't really matter what anyone thinks. The contract is like the fine print on a TV commercial or advertisement. Rules and membership are subject to change at any moment Y!A deems it necessary.





Sorry -_- but if you want to use Y!A then you have to put up with all the stuff they do that you disagree with.
Reply:Yep, and yet most of us keep coming back, asking for more. Maybe they're placing us under intense training in preparation for the future.
Reply:Wow, you sure care a lot about Yahoo. It's just a privately owned website where they can make their own rules, and do. If you don't like it, then go elsewhere.
Reply:Do you honestly think that a section for guns wouldn't be spammed by every whiny liberal that wants to turn the USA into a knockoff of Communist China? Every depressed and suicidal mom whose husband didn't use his brain and lock the gun cabinet?





I think some of your other complaints - such as the top one - are valid, but please remember that Yahoo is a private company, and can operate how they see fit.





They're not connected to the government.
Reply:You're right that Yahoo is a private group and does not need to offer free speech. Membership is voluntary and they can set up any restrictions they like.





You're also right that they are completely arbitrary, and come down hard on people whose views differ from theirs. I've been given violations for merely disagreeing with their political dogma. It's a shame.
Reply:It's their field if you don't like take your ball home.
Reply:Such ignorance.





The Constitution dictates limits on the authority of the federal government in this country.





You are not guaranteed ANY rights under the Constitution when it comes to Yahoo.





If you could show me in the Constitution where the word "Yahoo" appears, or show me that Yahoo is a division of the federal government, then you've made a valid point.





Otherwise, I suggest you read a fifth grade civics textbook, which would no doubt tell you that the Constitution cannot govern private organizations. Like, um, Yahoo.
Reply:Uh, what are you babbling about?





Yahoo is a company, not the government.





If you want to use a particular service of Yahoo's, then you have to use it in the way intended.





If you are trying to destroy that service, then Yahoo has the right to stop you from doing so.





When you signed up for each Yahoo service, you agreed to abide by Yahoo's Terms of Service for all of their services, and usually other rules (such as the Guidelines for using this site).





If you are unwilling to abide for the stipulations YOU AGREED TO when you signed up, find another service.





Yahoo doesn't prevent people from using the web. (In case you were unaware of this, there are more sites on the web than this one site.)





Yahoo has the right to define the purpose of any site it offers.





You have the right to use the site, or not.





Get a clue.
Reply:What you don't understand is that none of your rights were violated. Yahoo! is not a government organization. You are using their servers and their service, they have the right to do whatever they want without question.





You were not guaranteed free speech or any of that when you agreed to the Terms of Service.
Reply:Well you posted the question get ready for the idiots
Reply:It's a goddamn piece of paper. Get over it.
Reply:Don't use the Yahoo e-mail account and you won't have any problems.
Reply:Yahoo answers sucks