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yahoo or advicenators??
okay. well i have had an advicenators for a while now. but sometimes when i ask a question i wont get any answers. and it pisses me off sometimes cuz i really need help. then on the other hand when i go to yahoo answers sometimes i get stupid answers that dont help me at all. so which do you like better?? yahoo answers or advicenators??
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Yahoo answers gives good answers SOME TIMES, but with Advicenators, you can get an answer and see if that person can help you out more if you ask them an inbox question. It's much more interactive and therefore, better.
Obviously I have a bias, being on this site almost 2 1/2 years xD.
If you don't get answers on here, try rephrasing your question so it's less wordy and more to-the-point.
--Jack
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Advicenators is much better in my opinion.
End of story.
-Laura. (16-f)
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There are many reasons why I feel Advicenators is so much better than Yahoo! Answers.
You always know that a human being will answer your site problems on Advicenators. If you send an abuse report you won't get some silly email saying something to the effect of, "One of our associates will be reviewing your report in 3 to 5 days. Please do not reply to this message." You're completely able to see if action was taken care of on Advicenators for the abuse and you can always email a live human being (DangerNerd) and any problems you're having with the site.
Yahoo! Answers is about as good as it's going to get, to be honest. You see, what happened with that site is someone set it up to how they thought it would run best and will pretty much leave it like that. All of the features it has will be about it, even a year from now not much will have changed; however, Advicenators will be growing dramatically (and we're not talking about users and answers, mind you). I read in a forum (I think it was the moderator forum a while back) that DangerNerd has a whole list of things he is planning to do with the site. That means there will be new features to come here and things will be changing and improving. I suspect that DangerNerd is currently working on features we're not aware even exist yet, but only time will tell what will change.
On Advicenators, if you are banned you can contact DangerNerd and discuss the reasoning as to why you were banned. With this said, you may even be able to lessen banned-time, I'm not sure as I've never had that issue. While recently on Yahoo Answers they had a glitch where many people were banned by their automated system for no reason at all. MANY users had a hell of a problem trying to contact a real person to figure out why they were banned and how they could be unbanned. In addition, many trolls will go to Yahoo! Answers and report abuse on various accounts and the automated system will ban those reported accounts--even if they didn't abuse anything!
Yahoo doesn't really care what answers you give out to people. I've seen so much misinformation on Yahoo Answers that nobody has bothered to correct. At least on Advicenators you can correct someone or contact a moderator to inform the other answerer of their misinformation. Without good, solid information then bad things can (and definitely will) happen to the questioner. Advicenators really wants GOOD answers, not just any old answer to boost ratings or scores.
People also seem to enjoy hurting other users on Yahoo Answers. I've noticed a lot of people bashing each other for asking "stupid" questions. Here on Advicenators that is not allowed at all and all questions are useful. We simply do not see "stupid" questions as long as they are serious because we know we have all asked questions about things we should have known before. There is no reason to feel embarrassed here because we don't bash like Yahoo Answers seems to do.
You can also purchase a paid account for very cheap on Advicenators ($10 pays for an entire year), unlike Yahoo! Answers. There's more on that on the link at the top labeled "Get MORE Stuff!" if you are interested in learning about that.
Yahoo Answers restricts linking to websites. On Yahoo Answers you simply are not allowed to link to certain sites that may be similar as to not disrupt the users flowing into their site. Advicenators encourages linking to non-harmful websites because sometimes a user just cannot explain everything without pointing out a website that has more information worded correctly. Sure, porn is not allowed to be linked, but there are a lot of users that are underage for that sort of thing. To me, Yahoo just seems greedy and careless about their users.
In short, Advicenators is better because:
We care.
We are human, no automated responses.
You can always contact someone.
Answers are thoughtful, informative, and respectful (no bashing; no trolls).
The site is STILL growing/improving.
You can link to just about anywhere and not get suspended for "abuse."
You can purchase a paid account for more features (and no more ads).
If you report abuse, a HUMAN looks at the reasoning (not automated).
I hope I've helped you figure out which site seems better for real, helpful advice :) feel free to ask me questions in my inbox if you'd like!
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This is better. You get an advice column, easy navigation, nicer people who actually give DECENT answers, etc.
From browsing around, I've noticed most answers on Yahoo are quick and simple.
On Advicenators, people take their time to go in depth to offer the best advice possible.
I don't know why, but this has a nicer atmosphere to it. It's like we're all a little community. :)
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I have experience with both Advicenators and Yahoo! Answers. The difference (in my opinion) between the two is that most of the people on Advicenators really want to help others and give them honest answers. However, on Yahoo! Answers, they tend to give "whatever" answers, as I like to call them, where they just don't really care if they are helping or not and just say whatever they feel like saying. So I feel that Advicenators beats Yahoo! Answers to a pulp.
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I don't know much about yahoo answers.
I do know that if you know a columnist that will give you a helpful answer, you could just ask in their inbox.
Realistically, one good, helpful answer is better than a bunch of stupid answers. Right?
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