Trolls, lol's and noob ?

Welcome to Internet terminology

While using Yahoo! Answers you may come across this wonderful and weird new 'language' within the community, but what does it all mean ?

There are many resources available which may help, such as the Urban Dictionary however listed below are some of the more common phrases you may see within Yahoo! Answers

The YAicionary

BA - Best Answer
Blocked - Refers to blocking a member of the community
CG - The Yahoo! Answers community guidelines
RAMO - Report and move on, ie. to ignore ill suited content
TC - A Yahoo! Answers top contributor
TOS - The Yahoo! Terms of service
Troll - an abusive member of an online community
P & S - Polls and surveys, a popular category found under music and entertainment
R & S - Religion & Spirituality which can be found under Society & Culture
Yampsters - The Yahoo! Answers staff
Noobie - A 'new' person, however it can be used in an harassing manner.

It's not too bad I promise

Having fun within the community
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New to the community ?

What is Yahoo! Answers ?

With over ninety two million users world wide, Yahoo! Answers is the worlds largest global community to which users can ask or answers questions while growing a network of contacts and fans. Newer members shall benefit from reading the Yahoo! Answers introduction and welcome pages

I need help, but where can I get it ?

There are numerous sources of information for help concerning Yahoo! Answers including the Yahoo! Answers official help pages to Unoffical help pages created by current users such a Calimecita's helpful insight.

Finally should you need help directly there are the Yahoo! Answers Top Contributors who specalise in specific categories of the site. Such users can be indentified by an orange 'top contributor' badge.

At any rate, if you are fairly new to the community help is available, however also ensure to read the sites Community Guidelines

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Yahoo! Answers Cheers

Greetings to all

This is my first blog hence it seems fit that one should introduce myself.

I am cheers [uk], a long time user of Yahoo! Answers uk & ireland, a rapidly expanding question and answer community from Yahoo!

The purpose of these blogs is to help the community of Yahoo! Answers with featured content and users and to generally help others make the most out of the service.

The next few weeks shall see questions and answers posted, however you can check the site out using the hyper link provided above.

Naturally the offical Yahoo! Answers blog can be found at Yahoo! Answers staff blog

Untill my next blog, I wish you all the best
Cheers