Yahoo! Answers Update
The Yahoo! Answers Team are excited to announce a small but significant change to the site. As of today, any links posted by Level 1 Answers users will not be hyperlinked.
It may seem like a trivial change but it is an important step to limit the impact of spam on Answers. The site has had a points and levels system since its inception, which aims to promote activity and trust. Only hyperlinking http URLs from users who are Level 2 and above is a new way to reward and protect our core contributors.
The lack of hyperlinking applies to any link that begins http:// – links that are posted that begin www. are already not hyperlinked for all users regardless of level. We appreciate that removing hyperlinking for level 1 users is not a final or a perfect solution. For example long URLs are currently being truncated but we are working on further updates to improve this.
We’ve taken this action in response to clear user feedback, from you the Answers community. And rest assured that this is just one of a number of initiatives we are implementing to limit the impact of spam on Answers. We hope it’s a small step towards making Answers a better place. We’d welcome your feedback on this change.
– Yahoo! UK & Ireland Answers Team
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This is a great idea! Thanks for implementing this particular suggestion.
BTW, could you please correct “since it’s inception” to “since ITS inception” (possessive) – thanks
And also “to reward an protect” –> “to reward AND protect”.
Sorry, I’m a pain when it comes to proofreading LOL
PS Feel free to eliminate these posts once you’ve corrected the text, of course
Excellent. It’s so frustrating seing the same names come up day after day with the same spam. Hopefully this will reduce it significantly.
All links should not be hyperlinked, not just Level 1 users. This update was poorly implemented. With the combination of non-live links and truncated links the Level 1 answerers are at an extreme disadvantage from those at higher levels.