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Will there be an influx of Yahoo Answers refugees over the next few weeks? If so, will the Grammar Police need to work double shifts?



This question sums up much of what was wrong with Yahoo Answers:






And this question sums up EVERYTHING that was wrong with Yahoo Answers:

Posted - April 20, 2021
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  • 17614
    Is it going away?  I went to the site once years ago and it seemed like all junior high kids.
      April 20, 2021 2:52 PM MDT
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  • 44649
    I got banned for posting a smart-a** answer. Then I found answerbag. From those idiotic questions, I would say they were Russians. This post was edited by Element 99 at April 21, 2021 10:37 AM MDT
      April 20, 2021 3:05 PM MDT
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  • 19937
    I went to it once or twice, but didn't think the answers were factual, so I dismissed the site.  There are plenty of places where people can be found to have poor spelling and grammar.  Sometimes, it's because English may not be their native language, sometimes it's because the translation app they use is not the best, and probably more often than not, they're just plain poorly educated.
      April 20, 2021 3:34 PM MDT
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  • 53526

     

      I know of a possible fourth reason, their sheer apathy.
    ~

      April 20, 2021 4:54 PM MDT
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  • 19937
    Sometimes, I have a typo or the sentence is not properly structured because I was writing something else and had a better thought and didn't correct properly.  It usually isn't discovered by me until after I post the comment and, sometimes, I'm too lazy to go back and correct it.
      April 20, 2021 9:37 PM MDT
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  • 10052
    Yes and double yes! 
      April 20, 2021 8:03 PM MDT
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  • 1893
    Never heard about until today.

     CFO's of a number of these companies are trying very hard to drive their followers away unless they can be Monetized. So many of the old sites have disappeared due to Corporate Finance types and Hurdle Rates.

    I must stand down from this Soap Box
      April 20, 2021 8:56 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    Hurdle rates?
      April 20, 2021 11:07 PM MDT
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  • 1893
    Goals for profit generated = Hurdle rates

    We must beet a 12% hurdle means an enterprise must make better than 12%.  In most orgs these days we demand at least 30 or 40% other wise you kill a product line etc.
      April 27, 2021 2:15 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    beet beat
      April 27, 2021 5:16 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    Sergeants Randall and Stuart will be ready on round-the-clock stakeout, badges polished and nightsticks on hand. We'll keep these hooligans at bay.
      April 20, 2021 11:11 PM MDT
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  • 53526

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      April 20, 2021 11:18 PM MDT
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