Are the people who developed Yahoo Answers sadistic?

Question

Why do they tell you they are taking a breather when actually they have blocked you? they know this happens. There are hundreds of posts about it in the suggestion board. I think they are laughing when idiots (like myself) wait patiently for the breather to end, when, in fact, it will not end for hours or even days. It kind of reminds me of when Yahoo said they would replace the news message boards. Some people are still waiting. What do you think?

Answer 1

they just had one when i was trying to submit this answer lol.

Answer 2

nope i think it is when there web server's are overloaded they do not allow you to refresh or visit another page until that load has dropped. This prevents the whole website from crashing and causing a HTTP 404 error message or a 500 internal server error. So it basically keeps the website running smooth.  

Answer 3

I hadn't thought of it that way, but now i'm curious if they'll "take a breather when I submit this answer!

Answer 4

Yes they are. You see they are in fact secretly part of an American government conspiracy that perpetrated the attacks on the World Trade Centre in 2001. But you can stop them, tell everyone on yahoo answers and tell everybody that they've blocked you. The outrage will swiftly spread and this injustice will not stand, no government, not even Bush and his chronies can stand up to the awesome power of people with internet connections and yahoo accounts. The fight starts here people.

Answer 5

Yahoo is very angry with you. Stop asking questions you buffoon, or suffer the consequences.

Answer 6

Common.. you see that notice for various reasons.. Do you think its  easy to maintain a web server like Yahoo which such huge load?

Even if they have to restart a small service in the Server, the Server goes down for a few mins.. and you would see this notice..

Answer 7

First, go look up the word "Sadistic."  I think you used it in the wrong context.  Next, who cares?  Is it that big of a deal that you need to make this into a conspiracy?  This is Yahoo's website, anyway...they can do with it what they please.

Answer 8

yup they will. take a breather after they read this question and this answer. and how did you find out that they block us when it says that