Funny, apparently my former employer is deleting references to us

I think its petty when 2 company’s do this. but you both have your reasons for doing so. I really do not think you need to delete references to yahoo answers because if someone were to go to Y.A. and then to fun advice they would clearly see fun advice is better, and has more helpful people.

To be clear: we programmatically remove the URL “yahoo answers” when it would be a hyper link.

However, it you mention it we don’t remove it…from what I can see, Yahoo has been arbitrarily removing references to us :) That’s what prompted my note.

If they were doing it consistently (as we do) all well & good…however, inconsistency sucks, and it’s something that shows you don’t have a clue (imho) what the policy should be.

The thing that drew me to funadvice, is that it does not arbitrarily remove questions and delete accounts. To the extent Q/A are within the community standards, I recommend allowing them…even if they dis your site or mention/promote YA (one exception being if you suspect a sabotage by YA interests).

YA sucks, so you don’t have much to lose.

I think FunAdvice is way more personal, and has way more personality.

I’m fine with not being able to link YA on here (it is understandable as it is a rival business), as long as mentioned references aren’t removed.

For me, I try to see this as an advice site first, and social networking second. So it means a lot to me to get the person the advice he/she really needs, even if I have to quote something from YA, because there was a very helpful answer in there. It wouldn’t be a very great advice site if good advice is held back just because of business politics. Then it would mean thinking more about your business, than your people/members. And once we lose that ‘human touch’, it might as well be another drone site that is all cold and mechanical.

Funadvice is much more personal that YA. YA feels more like a business, whereas FA feels more like an actual community. As Bimjob says, keep it up!

Thedude, having been here for more than a year, I have enjoyed it immensely. I am giving you my heart-felt vote of confidence. KEEP IT UP. Besides, you have always been open to suggestions, so FunAdvice continues to evolve. Take care, and as always, Good Luck!!