YAP Personality Spotlight #4

Okay I have some free time today just before I take off for lunch.

And today I wanted to feature one of the more popular lady YAPpers most regular YAPpers know by now. And we know her as somebody whose questions almost always gets a lot of attention. I don’t know why, but many YAPpers seem to be drawn to answer her many questions. I normally catch them a long time after they have been posted & so I see that I might be the 20th answerer if not the 30th & by that time everybody else have given the answer that I am probably going to give so I just contend myself in reading the Q & As. Anyway we should ask the answerers to get their side.

And so without further ado here is her profile

ID
barrio lass
(also known as maej)

YAP HISTORY:

WHEN STARTED
First YAP account created November 11, 2007
But as with mine, it was suspended.
Current (2nd) Account created July 12, 2008
Currently back to a LEVEL 3 YAPPER

HOW STARTED
In her own words “I discovered YAP when I asked a question about why are Filipinas so taken with Whitening Products. But I didn’t know that most of the people who answered my Q were Filipinos. I never knew that YAP exists. But from then, I often go visit but I wasn’t a regular. Then I met Rod…the very first YAPper I’ve come across with. From then on YAP peaked my interest and I stayed… and that I started in YAP around February of this year (2008).

OTHER NAMES USED
maej

GENERAL INFO:

GENDER: Female
AGE: Early to mid 20s.
STATUS: Single, very much available but sorry guys not looking.
LOCATION: Tuna City, Philippines (I believe that is in General Santos City)

LIKES / DISLIKES

A homebody who loves the outdoors. (puwede ba yun?)

Loves to cook (I just don’t know if cooking loves her back, maej joke lang)

Experiments with food a lot… lol… and of course making a mess in the kitchen is her forever talent (ikaw nagsabi nyan ha).

Loves books of all kinds & says that they are her best buddies (pare kailangan pala wide reader ka). Among the writers that she reads are John Grisham, Robin Cook and the likes…. John Maxwell & Bo Sanchez (of course hindi ako kasama sa shortlist niya but I will email here a link to this blog post & I’m sure that she will read this one at masasabi ko na rin na binabasa niya rin ang mga sinusulat ko… LOL)

And of course, if she is not in front of her computer (in YAP or in Youtube) she is watching DVDs (she did not say what she likes to watch though). Wait, she emailed me & said that she likes the LOTR Trilogy and the Phantom of the Opera (the one with Gerard Butler).

TV shows? She isn’t into much tv but she did say that she watches TV with her niece… Looney Tunes & Barney. (I know dumaan din ako dyan sa anak ko).

Music? Jazz (Josh Groban) and Reggae (Bob Marley) & in her words what a combination. But we should expect that from someone who says she is a homebody & an outdoors person too. 😉

Speaking of going out, she said that when she does, she likes to go swimming and ofcourse to hang-out with her friends… (magkano ba pamasahe papuntang GenSan?)

And sometimes, we can see her playing badminton…

Idols? James Bond forever… She blames her mom for that… Lea Salonga of course and Dawn Zulueta.

Food? Let’s just say that she loves pasta & that she says that she has a sweet tooth.

And thats about it & I hope I can give out more, as I know there are a lot of maej fans out there that are waiting for more info & even a picture perhaps.

Oh yes she said she has an adopted kuya in YAP. Sino kaya yun?

Clarification & Confession

I am supposed to be eating my lunch right now, but I guess this is my only chance today to post this clarification about something…

I asked this Q in YAP

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ahlov07FflWXpG4iBKs2czIS7RR.;_ylv=3?qid=20081021105946AAD12gN

And I got a response from a prominent YAPPER who asked me back a question or two.

And so now, I am convinced that I have to issue a public statement about this as I have been asked thorugh emails a handful of times about this same issue. I have just not thought that it was important enough to make a YAP blog about. And that was my mistake.

Anyway the Question directed to me was this:

i am still wondering why you didn’t tell everyone or made a topic about shirley g admitting she have reported you… everyone deserves to know since that is the reason why you created your blog.

i used to go to what you call YAP blog but i you know i don’t like arguing with lies so i created my blog to counter all the accusations there.

http://rodskiandyap.blogspot.com/

did she ever tell you why she was reporting you?

And now that I feel like I am the guest of a “Talk Show” & that I am now holding the mic & dutibound to respond…

“For the record everyone who have asked me about this q thru email, I have responded to them privately because they sent the message through email, I know that they wanted the answer in private too.

And as far as I know I have never posted any email message that I have received in this forum or any other forum.

But to put an end to this question, here is the big picture:

About close to the end of June of this year, SG gave me a message, sort of a “confession” message telling me that she was responsible for reporting my Qs at the time that I was being attacked (I would guess 3rd quarter or 4th quarter of 2007) & that before my first account was suspended December 2007. If you are not aware of it, ALL of my Questions at that time were reported & deleted. Yes, all not just most or some, all. So we are talking about multiple reports & multiple reporters & multiple times. And there were many others being reported too.

I think she implied that she reported me about once or twice. And she also said that there were OTHER people that she knew aboutthat were responsible as well. (And of course we cannot discount the possibility that there are OTHER people that she knew nothing about that was responsible for the reports on me & on just about everybody else at that time).

BUT I AM NOT ABOUT TO POST THAT MESSAGE OVER HERE, nor will I POST OTHER EMAILS FROM OTHER PEOPLETHAT I HAVE RECEIVED that have basically ATTACKED ME or SUGGESTED THAT I HAVE AN AGENDA for this YAP BLOG or that I AM DOING SOMETHING AGAINST YA GUIDELINES MYSELF.

I know myself & they don’t. (In fact no YAPPER can say that they know me personally nor no YAPPER can say that I have ever engaged them in a CHAT CONFERENCE or a YAP CAMPAIGN or a YAP GAME, other than exchanging regular emails & messages.

So I am not about to HUMILIATE ANYBODY by posting any message that I have received from anyone, except the ones that they told me to post because they did not want to post it themselves.

I have no issues with anyone posting messages that I sent them, nor other people posting messages that they have received from other people, for it is their prerogative & I cannot do anything about that. But if someone told me something in confidence, I think I should respect that, well at least until I have to.

So yes, now we know that there was ONE reporter who admitted & confessed to reporting me at that time. But there are many others & there are still many up to today. And that is why we still have this BLOG.

Did she tell me why? She said that she did not remember the details. BUT she said that she was not the one responsible of me being suspended. And I really did not ask her the reason for her reporting me but we did exchanged emails about other related issues.

And she said that there were OTHER YAPPERs that were also doing the same thing.

And even today, we still know that there are certain people who are still doing the reportings all around us. Some are legitimate reports of abuse but some done for other personal reasons.

And again, that is why there is this OPEN FORUM.

Happy YAP Trolling Days Over?

I have a busy day today & it’s still not over. But I have a few minutes & I just wanted to come in here & post this blog.

And I ask this question is Happy YAP Trolling Days Over?

Why would I ask this anyway, well for one I just got an email from Jonas who has told me that my suspension may be overturned. And to whoever reported me, if it was out of malice or if it can be proven that there is a pattern of doing malicious reporting, then they better come in here regularly to check the status of my case or checkout the Real Yahoo Philippines Blog where Jonas posted the current blog post entitled Can’t We All Just Get Along?

I know a number of YAPpers have already joined in that particular discussion & I encourage every YAPper to do the same. (Just click on the link)

“Abangan ang susunod na kabanata…” To be continued…

Happy KJ Days Are Here Again

I know, now you see it, now you don’t.

And I am talking about YAP Questions & Answers that were posted one minute & then deleted the next– joy killers 😉

I know that one person was even confused as to what happened to the Q she wanted to answer, for it was there the second she clicked on the Answer button, but it was gone when she tried to send in her answer.

As in… what happened?

I know, it has happened to me once before too. I know the feeling.

And as long as these YAP Police People Persons do not come out to explain themselves, I am still going to assume that they are either Frustrated Minutemen Foot Patrol, or they think they are God’s Gift to YAP.

Anyway, I will say it again this OPEN FORUM is always open to any of them to tell us their side. And this is always open to those whose Q & As have been deleted.

But talking about their side. I have sent an email message to Green Badge Jonas, Community Manager of Yahoo Philippines as I am still waiting for a response on my earlier email to him regarding my suspension.

Anyway, I know that this time around Jonas & Yahoo Philippines is closely monitoring problems within YAP that are being forwarded to them. And this includes malicious reporting. Jonas even came out with a blog about it on the Real Yahoo Answers Philippines Blog. And I know that they are serious about it.

I even tried to post a comment over there but it did not post so I had to tell Jonas about that problem too.

Lastly, I now have a handful of YAPpers that I will spotlight in here. And I just have my hands full right now, so all these will probably come out by next week–just wait for them.

So if you want to be featured in here as well & tell the YAP World who you really are & show that you are who you say you are & that you are a REAL person & NOT a TROLL then what are you waiting for, email me right now.

Peace!

*KJ – Kill Joy

Happy YAP Days Are Here Again

I know, I just saw that comment as I browse through quickly at YAP Today.*

It took a long time in coming, but it sure is a welcome sight.

And do not worry I am finalizing the YAP Personality Profiles of the two YAP Ladies that are flooding YAP with Qs. Q & As just like from the Good Old Days of YAP.

Anyway I have extended a request to some YAPpers asking them if I can feature them as a YAP Personality in here, but as typical as we are, they are being modest, but I hope in time they can change their minds & agree to it. Or of course I will just do it anyway, feature them here that is. (Whether they like it or not).

And in case you want to be featured over here & tell the whole YAP World, who you are behind your YAP Avatar & ID. Send me a message & I will gladly feature you. If you YAP then you are a YAP Personality, we all are.

In closing I would like to thank Anne C, about this idea for a Blog Post as I was sort of explaining to her that this ongoing series about YAP Personalities is meant to be a One-Stop Get-To-Know all YAPPERS Shop.

A handy resource place so we can all say a little something about ourselves & who we are behind our YAP Avatars, all in one place.

Hopefully the aim is to make us all Human again. Not to be perceived as a distant, unknown, cold & unfeeling YAP ID.

And maybe, just maybe, it can help us to treat one another better. As we ought to do as we inhabit the same YAP Community. In fact we are the YAP Community.

And of course one thing led to another & I ended up creating a song.

Using Original lyrics by John Lennon

Imagine( This YAP World)
Japs

Imagine there’s no LEVELS
It’s easy if you try
No VIOS below us
Above us only SMILES

Imagine all the YAP people
Living HAPPILY…

Imagine there’s no LEADERBOARDS
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no SUSPENSIONS too
Imagine all the YAP people
Living life in PEACE…

You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the YAP world will be as one

Imagine THERES NO TROLLIN’
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the YAP people
EACH ONE USING ONE ID…

You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday (soon) you’ll join us
And the world will live as one

Peace!

* I just got back from YAP & I think the Happy Days Were Short Lived, if you were looking for that Q, it has now been deleted.

YAP Personality Spotlight #3

Angel-ene

Aka Helen of Troy

Level 5

YAPPER Since September 07, 2007

About me: busy lang ang lola nyo ngaun, kumakarir! kaya ayaw-ayawan muna…

I have always wanted to make a List of YAPpers which anybody can look through and read through.

Everyone with a YAPper’s Profile, you can browse & come back to again & again so as to get a sense of who is behind this YAP Avatar.

When I was a new YAPper I thought this would have been a great resource especially if I am going to ask a specific question & I will be relying on an answer given by a specific YAPper which I know nothing about.

And it took me two YAP sabbaticals, two YAP suspensions and three YAP accounts to finally start this YAP List.

And so today I am spotlighting a Lady YAPper who affectionately calls herself “lola”. Why? Because she probably thinks she is older than most of the YAPpers out there. But definitely she is younger than me. She is still in her late 30s (Oops nabuko ko ba? Yari ako). But we know that she is still 19 at heart.

She is happily married (happing-happy) to a super papalicious (super pogi, muy guapito) hubby (na super seloso daw & bakit kaya). And that is why I believe that she is muy guapa rin, kaso wala pa yatang YAPper nakakameet sa kanya, bakit kaya? Baka madiscover? (Although I just heard from the grapevine that she has many YAPpers that is her chatmates & textmates & that many of them have already seen pictures of her at Friendster).

Anyway, I know that she is a super mommy, she has two kids, a boy & a girl (ako rin gusto ko nang one boy & one girl).

And I didn’t know that I started YAPping earlier than her by about three months, but definitely she knows a lot of YAPpers (a lot more than me) & a lot of YAPpers consider her as a friend (definitely a whole lot more than those that consider me as one). And there a handful who she even gets to talk with over the phone.

Personally, I think she is one of the most down-to-earth, feet-on-the-ground YAPpers we have out there. I have exchanged emails with her, as I have with a few YAPpers & have found her to be easy-to-get-along with, along with many other YAPpers and you know who you are.

I believe she loves Carrie Underwood, as her 360 page is blasting that for months now. But you might not know that she is also into Pinoy Bands (Chito Miranda of Parokya ni Edgar in particular) & she is into Classical, Jazz, Rock, Country, Pop, Rap, Hip-Hop (teka lahat na yan ah). Okay let us just say she loves music. And she loves to laugh. She loves comedies. She loves movies, tv & radio. (Yes, in her words typical Pinay).

And she likes Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Peter Gallagher, Brendan Frazer & Billy Zane (Oo mahilig siya sa mga makakapal ang mga kilay, mabuti na lang makapal din ang kilay ko at paminsan minsan makapal din ang pagmumukha).

She just had a birthday. Belated (30ish) Happy Birthday.

And I heard that she is like me in a sense that she has worked in many types of jobs, in many different types of environments & several different types of industries & probably under all types of bosses. And of course home engineer pa yan. Doing all the house work, taking care of the kids & the hubby, doing the accounting, the budgeting, accounts payable & accounts receivables included. And with sidelines on the side pa.

And I know that she has even taught kids in a School for Special kids. Super galing naman talaga ng ating YAP Personality for today.

She lives in the South side of Metro Manila and I am proud to feature her as YAP Personality #3.

Oo nga pala, we can call her Len.

YAP Personality Spotlight #2

Hello I’m back.

Some of you probably wasn’t expecting me to be back, or at least to be back so soon.

And most of you probably do not understand what I am talking about.

Anyway, to make a long story short, remember that YAP Q, I talked about in the last blog post (YAP Personality Spotlight #1) well that one was promptly reported & deleted, chatting of course was the reason.

And after that, I was promptly suspended. And the only reason given was NONE. So how can one appeal a case when one doesn’t have an idea what the charge was. Yes, none sense.

And of course, malicious scrupulous reporters are again at work. And of course, still done by people who have not even have the guts to come in to this YAP Open Forum & be man or woman enough to say I did it, & to tell us why.

Anyway, enough of that, going back to that YAP Q, it was about the SMILES that I have been seeing in many YAP Q & As. And the Q started with “Did I miss something?” and basically asking why all the SMILES in YAP…

And I got 11 answers before the deletion. Those who answered were:

NEW ANSWER from Ω allan y	i missed it too. what is it?

NEW ANSWER from Marc G	I have been able to smile for a long time now on Yahoo, so I am not sure why …

NEW ANSWER from WELL	You certainly have. In all practicallity nothing has really changed, at leas…

NEW ANSWER from trOLLIE	you my most beloved subject certainly have. my kingdom had been established r…

NEW ANSWER from GROdzilla	yeah right. you are one of the trolls.

NEW ANSWER from hi! I aM tRoLLy!	hihihihihihi!

NEW ANSWER from SERIOUS JOKER	i was gone for 1 month and things are same. we didnt miss anything. were all …

NEW ANSWER from kamagong	I’d been “in and out” too. But if there are more smiles now, that’s all good…

NEW ANSWER from Anne C	not much I guess :p welcome back 😀

NEW ANSWER from Gro’s Bakla B/F	Is it a coincidence that both you and aqua reappear along with a profusion of…

NEW ANSWER from Big P	If I am not mistaken, I believe its something I started. I usually end my st…

And then pfft. It was gone & then my account was suspended.

Anyway I’m back on a new Japs account, & in case any of you guys want to check it out here is it, Japs 3rd.

http://answers.yahoo.com/my/profile;_ylt=AmTZ8v26gnE36UyfgMk4TKsS7RR.;_ylv=3?show=mCwrJDwyaa

In it I said,

My name is Japs.

This is my 3rd Japs Account. I used my 1st one in 2007, the 2nd one in 2008 & now I am using this one starting 10.10.2008. I am not a troll.

Here are my 360 pages if you care to know more about me.

YAP Blog: (Japs 2)
http://360.yahoo.com/profile-9lkz00A7erbvyQHYxA–?cq=1

Japs Land: (Japs)
http://360.yahoo.com/profile-sN80JK47erZb5BZ.rjk-?cq=1

And so for today, because this might be a series & I might be spotlighting you next, I decided to spotlight me first. So that if & when I spotlight you in the future you will have no worries about it.

Japs

Yes, I am not a troll, Japs the Third was opened only today 10.10.2008. 0% BA. Level 1, cannot even rate an answer, TU or TD.

And to answer those people who are having the impression that I am a troll, well I am not. All three Japs accounts came one after the other & after the previous one was suspended for whatever reason, which until now I have no knowledge of.

I have never used any & all these 3 Japs accounts within YAP at the same times.

What can I say, is Third time’s a charm?

JAPS PROFILE

Started YAPping about July 2007.

Reached level 4 and was suspended December 2007.

Stopped YAPping for a month.

Opened a new Japs account & came back to YAP the last week of January 2008 (Japs 2) and started this YAP Blog.

Reached level 4 again.

And again stopped YAPping for at least a month.

And again was suspended October 8, 2008

Opened a third Japs account October 10, 2008 and back to 100 points, level 1 YAPper.

Other things you might not yet known about me is that I am male, I am 41, I am married, I have a son, I am a Jack of all Trades but a Master of None.

I hate driving but I drive (own) a four door Japanese sedan & an American car. I live in Southern California. I like reading, writing, gaming, music, movies, eating, eating out, shopping, business, basketball, spectator sports, martial arts, days off, taking candid photos & pictures to capture specific moments.

I believe in Jesus Christ, I believe the Bible & I am not just a professing Christian.

I am a man of Science & has a Bachelor of Science Degree. I have owned, co-owned & managed many business ventures since the age of 22…

I can go on & on & talk about myself & what I do & what I believe in, but I know that what ever I put in here, many of you have no way to know if it is the truth or not. But it is not for me to convince you as to inform you.

I will post pictures of myself in here but I am not telling you when.

If you wish to tell the YAP World who the real you are, email me what you want to share & include pictures if you want to & I will spotlight you next. For only in the truth can we be free.

YAP can be a much nicer World, if we will all try to make it one.

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FIRST BATCH OF PHOTOS:

http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-sN80JK47erZb5BZ.rjk-?cq=1&p=272

YAP Personality Spotlight #1

Welcome back.

I hope you are well & good. If not then you’ve come to the right place.

For you will surely be well & you will certainly feel good after you’re through reading this one. Or you will say “Oh well” & “Good grief”, which is still well & good to me.

Anyway I just came from YAP & I posted a Q regarding the SMILES that I have been noticing as I was reading both the Open Qs & the Resolved Qs.

And it made me feel like I was missing something, which normally is the case when one leaves YAP for a considerable amount of time. Anyway that’s that & for today I wanted to open up a new segment within this YAP Forum. Today I will start to feature YAP personalities who I have found to be both fascinating & interesting.

So let’s start with this YAP personality who I stumbled upon in my readings of Resolved YAP Qs that I have missed.

This person I know from way back but she would never would have caught my eye as of late if not for the fact that she is the only YAPper whom I have seen so far to have a 90% BA.

Yes you heard me right, 90% meaning 9 out 10 answers she gave out are all Best Answers.

That is truly fascinating if not interesting.

So let’s give our first YAP personality a hand, here is her profile:

Franjulet

aka Evelyn

aka (many other names)

Member since: February 26, 2007
1,965 points

Level 3

90% Best answer
(User does not allow IM).
(User does not allow email).

• Activity Summary
Total Points 1,965

Answers:
Total answers 164
Best answers 148

Questions:
Questions asked 54
Resolved questions 54
Stars received 6
• Answers
• Questions
• Starred Questions

Franjulet’s Q&As are private.
Franjulet’s Network is private.

So out of a total of 164 total answers she got the best answer 148 times.

Yes a remarkable 90% batting average.

Can you beat that?

Additional: Today A.K.A. (also known as) Papa Chuck’s Trophy Wife.

Resolved YAP Q

I’m back.

And I’m back to checking out the YAP Resolved Questions & its Answers of course as usually there aren’t that many Open YAP Qs that I can answer appropriately.

And in a way, if you are like me who have been gone for some time from YAP, it’s the best way to keep abreast with what you’ve missed all this time.

Anyway, again I wasn’t that far into the Qs & I found this interesting Q & some pretty interesting answers.

So I would want to ask it here so as to extend it’s lifespan.

Do you agree that you keep coming back to YAP because of it’s many twists & turns? Or it is because as the Asker says: it is a rich source of globalized knowledge from all parts of the world?

Thanks to Big P & all those who answered this Q in YAP.

What do you think?

Here is the Resolved Q, BA & other Answers:

1. Home > Asia Pacific > Philippines > Resolved Question

Big P

Resolved Question

How about Yahoo Answers Philippines?

This travel section is rich with globalized knowledge from all corners of the earth. Many twists and turns that make you keep coming back for more. Would you agree?
What do you think?

Additional Details

EDIT:

What do you mean by that Mr. Wel? I did not do anything wrong. Why do you say that sir? Please Mr. Well I don’t want trouble

EDIT:
(SMILE)

by CHOCO CRUNCHIES is Miguel

Best Answer – Chosen by Asker

Totally agree here! Travel related questions here mostly make me bored. But some other, about life, experiences and anything under the sun makes me come back here!

Mabuhay ang category na ito!

Asker’s Rating:

Asker’s Comment:

Good answer
Thank you everyone for your answer.

• 7 stars – mark this as Interesting!

Other Answers (16)

• by ��� 08 ���

yup i agree

to Marky Mark.. the reason why the language here in Yahoo is because the administrator of Yahoo is obviously not in the Philippines and of course in the US…and also english is the universal language that most of the countries around the world understand that…if you’ll be putting an all tagalog questions and answers in the Yahoo Answers Philippines, how would the foreigners understand that if they are interested in touring here…

• by annabelle p

Many twists and turns? Hmmm…

In a way, YAP has its moments. It’s like what everyone says – very addictive. A day spent in YAP is like you’ve traveled far and wide without getting weary. And some questions need a second look. And the answers…something you have to read and re
-read. And sometimes, too, one question leads to another question that has some bearing to the former question- like chapters in a novel and one can never have his fill. Oh yes, it is a journey that is as exciting as life itself.

• by ghostman

yup! although, it is under TRAVEL category, YAP contains different topics which is NICE and surely you’ll come back again and again! and oh, i love my answer being reported here! lol! i wanted some more…

to Marky Mark:
YAP is the same with YAMexico ( i already check the posts there), they use English to post question/asnwers as what we do here in YAP; and there are also people (like you) who aren’t following the rules…they are posting questions/answers in their native language…which is against Yahoo Answers! rules & regulation…there is nothing wrong posting in our own language, but this is for all the people in Yahoo Answers own good…kuha mo uli?

• by Aref H4

I don’t know. If I say “Yes” it sounds like the stars of ASAP praising one another. So very showbiz like.

There is just this possibility that I do not keep coming back at all. Because of these many twists and turns, there is this possibility that I got lost in there and never left at all.

• by WELL

Yes you are so right.
Does that explain your sudden emergance amongst these astute pages.
You certainly add your own brand of twists and turns. 🙂
edit
Oh dear, someones feelings have been hurt. Maybe there is more to this answer then I intended. 🙂

• by trOLLIE

my kingdom is made to last and i will reign whatever betide. it is but the norm for me as your queen to have tasted the topsy-turvy of being such

• by Papa Chuck

Yes YAP certainly has many twists and turns to it and not JUST because of the questions and answers.
I suppose that is what keeps it interesting.
What no smile.

• by somnathf…

I totally agree with you, pinay.

• by aNgRy YoUnG pOeT

this section in Y!A is habit-forming.

• by sheer���bl…

I agree! That’s one of the reasons why I keep coming back.

• by Clarisse

Yup! I’m agree with you

• by NancyPet…

it is what you say it is

• by �������������������������� (g0t suspended)..

yeah right..

• by Juan C

that’s why I like it here…

• by �� allan y

yup, it sure does. i just lost my orange badge.

• by Jongbong (������)

zzz… yes… and it has free beers! hmmm… beer… zzz…

Entry for October 03, 2008 – #111

I’m back!

111.

I just like numbers, I am fascinated by them, just like this blog post’s number is 3 ones, or 111.

Anyway enough of that, I just about lost 5 weeks of YAPping (and yaping about YAP in here) but I just got back at reading a few resolved YAP Qs, I didn’t go very far for I found this one fascinating…

Do you think it’s fair to vote for your answer if the Q has been put into voting and not even one has voted?

Me think that (okay for you grammar police that was intended) voting for one’s answer as the BA, most especially if you believe it deserves it, which in my case is almost always the case as I rarely answer anything haphazardly anyway. (The sound of a strong wind blowing just about now is just about right). Me thinks all my answers are BA, don’t you?

Anyway, so if I have some free time, I go in & check up on my answers & if it just so happens that I was able to catch one where the q is in voting, then if there is no other better answer, of course I give mine the BA. (I do have seen in one occasion that there was a “better” answer than my “best” answer so I gave my vote to that better answer. I said that only happened once. But only because all I said was something to the effect that so & so got it right & I couldn’t have said it better myself. And the other one’s answer was like 6 paragraphs long. Duh.)

Besides the first 5 to 6 months I was in YAP I did not even know you can vote in your own answer. And in the first 1 to 4 months I did not even vote at all. Don’t tell me when you were a newbie you knew all things already? You must be a genius…

Anyway, about the 4th month I was able to notice that YA feature Vote (Undecided Questions), I told myself, what the heck is that & decided to look inside. Viola, I have the power! LOL

Anyway, me thinks that because YA gave us the privilige to vote & the ability to vote in even our own answer, then legally it’s alright.

Morally? It just depends on your conscience, if you have one.

What do you think? Me thinks it’s alright, especially if you are an upright, above board, productive member of YAP. But that’s only between you & God. Remember Christmas is coming, have you been naughty or have you been nice? There’s no better time to change than today…

Here is the Q, the BA & the rest of the answers.

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Resolved Question

Do you think it’s fair to vote for your answer if the Q has been put into voting and not even one has voted?

by Juan C

Best Answer – Chosen by Asker

who says life is fair?

Asker’s Comment:

yes..i remember my mom telling me that before”anak,no one said life is fair..” but then aren’t we here to make it a little less unfair?

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Other Answers (14)

· by dyslexic bunny

· Well, first thing, you can’t tell if no one else has voted until you vote yourself.
Second, if I take the time to give a good answer, and the asker has neglected his/her question, then hell yeah.

· by deligeez

Give us a link to your question so we can vote and make things fair.

· by annabelle p

If it does not violate any community rule, then I think it’s alright. Go ahead and vote for your answer, specially if you believe your answer is good.

· by Dr Pepper

You can’t vote for your own answer. Once your question goes to the community for vote, you can’t select a best answer.

· by jd

Why not. Every one running in an election votes for themselves. If you don’t feel it’s fair or that your answer is the best don’t vote.

· by Papa Chuck

It is completely above board to vote for your own answer and it doesn’t matter whether anyone else has or hasn’t voted. The key word here is ‘ONCE’ per answer.
It isn’t against Yahoo Guidelines to do so.

· by crispy pata

it’s allowed by yahoo. some users don’t vote. they answer and forget about it. i do the same thing. but if i remember i vote for mine.

· by ich liebe dünne skinny Jeans

I think, it is fair to vote your answer as best answer only if you think it is really the best answer or if there are no better answer than yours. Imagine this situation:

Q: “What is the capital of Phlippines?”

Answerer 1: I don’t know.
Answerer 2: Manila
Answerer 3: Cebu
Answerer 4: It’s Manila but now I think it’s Quezon city.

Let’s say, you are answerer #2 and the question is in voting, wouldn’t you vote for your answer which is the legitimate one.

by 1×1 pic

sure its fair- well based on Y!Answer Guidelines, all people on Y!Answer have the right to vote, including yourself except the one who ask, of course(who technically can’t decide which one is the best answer). it’s just that the other users did not exercise their right to vote; hence, you had the advantage. just like in a fair political election, if you’re running for an office, you can vote for yourself and its still valid.

however, in terms of weighing the substance of each answer according to the discretion of the voters, i have to say that it’s a bit unfair; but knowing how indiscriminate people could be on Y!Answer, community voting for the best answer is pretty much senseless most of the time; so you could probably say that both is unfair. besides, getting the best answer in most opinion-based questions is already biased in the first place because the best answer is based on the questioner’s point of view. the same is true with very specific Q&As; when multiple correct and exact answers come, best answers are taken from any of these: first-come-first serve basis(what should be, provided that its correct); Eeny, meeny, miny, mo; or as ridiculous as “you have the cutest avatar, so i pick you.” so most of the time, none is fair.

by Hot Head

oh sh*t….. i did it all the time, would it make me morally incorrect?

by bromelia…

if you dont have anything better to do then why not..there is plenty of time in the world.

by STL Biker

Of course it is fair. Infact if you let this question go to voting I will vote for my answer because I think I answered it the best.

by aNgRy YoUnG pOeT

some voters just don’t even read the answers but just click the first answer available to gain a point… i don’t think it’s unfair if you vote your own answer as the best. anyway, you have the right also to defend or stand by your answer in voting.

by yuanyuan

It’s not fair. But who cares?