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* Added the Good Neighbor Policy: http://askville.amazon.com/good_neighbor_policy.html

* Simplified the abuse categories on the report abuse form

* Minor updates to the FAQ to reflect Good Neighbor Policy


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i was hooking a tack up and after i conected the wires and tried to turn the car on, it would turn on then idel real rough then shut right off!

I'm constantly running into questions, my own and others', where I'll see two, three, or more answers that are nothing but blatant copy-and-paste jobs. They don't give any actual input, often don't credit their plagiarized sources, and nine times out of ten, the information they decided to clutter the question with has very little or nothing to do with the actual question or working towards an answer for the inquiring party.

WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT THIS?

I know there is the abuse reporting system, but how well is it really working? Half of the questions I read have this problem and I'm getting sick of it. It's bad enough that many questions would appear to have been written by a 7 year-old, but these answers are further frustration. How can pasting a page from wikipedia answer an opinion-seeking question? I come here to kill time and feel useful when I can help somebody with something.

So help me if someone threadcraps here, I don't know what I'll do...

Today Is The Day

Today is the day I will change my mind,
and leave all the negative things behind.

Today is the day I want to be free,
and not let life troubles get to me.

Today is the day I will do my best,
and make sure I focus to past each day's test.

Today is the day I will take a stand,
and choose to do right to my fellow man.

Today is the day I will put my foot down,
and encourage myself when I feel I want to frown.

Today is the day, no longer will I doubt
in spite of the grumblers who stand about.

You look at me and ask "How will you start?",
"Well, first there must be a change in my heart".

I will hang with new friends who want to achieve,
and who want a good education cause that's what I believe.

I will respect those around me, young and old,
for respect is the key, that's what I've been told.

I will demand excellence you see,
for I must insist to become a better me.

In the early days of Askville, Askville seemed much more like a "community" than it does now--where everybody got to know one another (for good or bad), and many formed groups of friends who more-or-less hung-out in the same Discussion Boards, and complimented and PMed one another on a semi-regular basis. Sure, some of us got into arguments from time-to-time, but they rarely escalated into the vile types of DB exchanges that now seem to seem to be becoming the "norm" on here.

What makes it even worse is that a great many early members have either left Askville entirely, or show-up only rarely these days--leaving Askville mainly to "drive-by" Question askers and transient members I've never even heard of! Most of the "old guard" has virtually disappeared (to the delight of many of the more trollish newer members!), and I--for one--take little or no delight in coming here anymore.

Why hang-out with a bunch of strangers--many of whom are downright unpleasant?

What do you think?

I want to let my granddaughter use Ryan's white board but not the white board markers, so can I use washable kids markers without wreaking the board?

Right now my favorite bit character Gossamer is on!

I was so thrilled when this landed on my door step! Sandy your a doll and a very special friend ~ thank you!


http://picasaweb.google.com/kmug500/MUGS#

When I'm cruising around Askville I frequently get a binging sound followed by a message saying I had an "Ajax Error". The messages usually come in multiples of 3 or 4 and are difficult to clear from my screen so I can get on to the next exiting adventure on the 'Ville.

I have dealt with a lot from my husband from him leaving for weeks to him one minute being loving than a jerk and verbally aggressive. I use to be very outgoing and had many friends, but now as time pasted i lost the ambition and communication with my friends and let him control the relationship to however he wanted. The worst part is i know he has control, yet i let him back, and I feel like i can't leave him. How could I get myself together and leave him?

I always was told, meeting the right person is not the hard part, Its maintaining the relationship is what's the hardest. I found myself in this situation and would think after 7years it would be less complicated. I don't understand how marriages from back then lasted so long and now why they don't work out!

My husband tends to leave for weeks, he has done it through our whole 7yr relationship, i never caught him cheating and he claims he has an issue with this, always begs me back and claims he really loves me... Yet this issue has been taking me on an emotional roller coaster and there been no change on his behalf...

Just curious. Is there a site that is similar to this one that you enjoy? Or what?

Why did the cookie go to the doctor?

… Because he felt crummy.

This is my first time joining a QnA community, and I just wanted to be aware of the kind of "market share" that askville has, if such things are tracked. As far as I know, the only other service is Yahoo Answers, Microsoft and Google back-out of their attempts for QnA.

Basically what's been going on?

Please get rid of the extras!

I am a high school student out of Bridgetown California and I like to express myself though art and this is a poem that I wrote explaining how hard it is to show the feelings you have for someone that you really care about. This poem is for someone because I wanted them to know that they are precious to me


Hidden Feelings

©Matthew Murphy

Hiding the feelings that grow ever so stronger
the time that we are apart feels even longer
the clock ticks and the cold breeze flows
as for me I know where my heart glows
covering the smile you cause me to make
it is this nervousness that I must break
these hidden feelings I must hide no more
as I walk up the path that leads to your door
ringing the bell hearing the chime
I'm not going to let you go this time
building the courage admitting how I feel
is this a dream or is this actually real
my heart is pounding beating out of my chest
because you my love is life's big test