Suggestion to Yahoo! Answers
Dear Yahoo:
I was using the RSS feed for Social Science - Other. I received a million questions a day. Many were re-posts of previously asked questions to which I had provided thoughtful answers.
I want to be able to block (1) questions that I have already seen, (2) selected individuals, and (3) questions of a certain length (e.g., less than 15 words).
I also want to be able to label and subcategorize questions for other potential answerers to see. One approach would be to offer the thumbs-up-thumbs-down option for questions as well as for answers. Ideally, if someone clicks on the thumbs up, they will see a drop-down list of reactions, including mine; and if they click on mine, they will see the comment I have added, e.g., "Seems to be a student looking for an easy answer to a take-home test question." My followers, if any, will also be able to see my filtered list of questions.
I want to be able to automate the provision of those filtering comments. That is, I want to have a half-dozen of my favorite comments readily available. I am viewing a question. I want to tell the poster to do a web search, narrow it down, and come back with a more specific question. I don't want to have to type that out. Likewise, I may also want to tell the person that it sounds like a take-home test question, and I'm not inclined to help people do their homework. I type these into my list of favorite answers; they appear when I'm viewing a question; I select the ones that apply; and I'm automatically on to the next unanswered question.
My list of favorite answers can be partially selected from a pre-provided list. One favorite answer may include an automatically generated Yahoo! search of the web, responding to key terms in the question. That is, I want to be able to check a box for "try this search" and, perhaps, to modify the automatically generated search before posting it.
I want to be able to save my favorite answers in paragraph form. For example, if I write a paragraph to answer a question about the Civil War, or if I see a good answer that someone else has provided (perhaps saved in directory form), or if there's a Best Answer that already seems on point, I want to be able to get to that quickly, and to direct the poster to it, rather than reinvent the wheel.
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