Fake YA people... what would you do?

Question

I have noticed a person in particular who is completely full of it and has several accounts (to which she gives herself and her other accounts her best answers for points! Stupid!).

Anyway, I am really annoyed to discover this - she offered advice through my miscarriage and death of my mother-in-law and I considered her and several of her aliases as support through this.

If I report her/them I am sure she will just start again with new details but I hate doing nothing at all. I cringe everytime I see her/their questions that I know are c**p!

Should I report her (them) or just let it go?

Answer 1

Are you talking about the 'Amber Lacy/Amaya and Pippas mommy/LO!is pregnant with twins' and god knows what else chic? she is like this 19 year old who comes on and trolls yahoo with c**p, i reported her but nothing was done.

So sick of her questions on baby names for her fake babies!! She is wasting everyones time!

Answer 2

reporting her wont help i reported someone with eight accounts and made more daily and nothing happened except i lost my account having NO violations.

Answer 3

If her advice to you was helpful then what harm is she doing.  Let it go.  If it bothers you to see her A's to your Q's, just block her.  

I'm sorry for your losses.

Answer 4

Sorry about your miscarriage, I wouldn't report her it will just be a big waste of your time & energy, I suggest you simply block & ignore him/her.

Answer 5

report her she shouldnt be allowed to make a fool of anyone exspecially with serious questions how did you figure out she was a dud

Answer 6

I vote for reporting her. We have to keep this site as clean as we can and get rid of the trolls. It may or may not do any good but at least you tried and since I don't know who it is, you are making it a better place for all of us even if nothing happens you can feel better knowing you tried. Sorry for you loss.

Answer 7

First, reporting them will just get them a violation.  Y!AT doesn't do thorough investigating and don't care if they prove that it someone with several accounts... (it's called "point gaming" and is against Community Guidelines) however, it won't do any good to report them.  Block them and don't answer their questions.  

Oh, and Y!AT doesn't block IP addresses like one answerer said.  This has been discussed at length in the forums and Y!AT just won't do it.

Answer 8

I am so sorry about your miscarriage..........and BoSox as well.......gee, that is sad. Again, I am sorry for your loss.

I am pretty sure that is what the "TOP" contributor does as well. Or.......they delete all their answers that did not get "best" answer and that makes their percentage go up. Block them.

Answer 9

Report her.  If we want to keep the site clean from trolls, we all need to work together to report.

Also, you would be looking out for the rest of us who don't even know this person is duping us!

Answer 10

Reprt the person, it says in the terms of service not to do this. Yahoo can block her whole use of yahoo by the ip address. Then she won't even be able to make another account from there.

Answer 11

how did you figure that out?

Answer 12

I vote to report her.  That is against terms of service and dishonest.

Answer 13

REPORT HER!!! What a loser seriously!!! That's actually quite pathetic! Report her anyway It'll make you feel better. She probably will create new accounts if she's that sad to do it in the 1st place. Good Luck

Answer 14

I hate people who continuously lie.

I block them, and move on. Continuing to give them attention is what they want. If it makes you feel better report her directly to yahoo, for fraud.

It's only a matter of time before more people catch on to people who lie. There is only so long before they stuff up and are exposed.

*Smiles @ BoSox*

I think we are all think of the same person.

Answer 15

I am ignoring those who lie, I really cannot be bothered with them.

I am not going to lose any sleep over a particular persons lies, the insomnia and leg however.. lol

Answer 16

Oh, I agree - that's very annoying!  You can try reporting her, but it most likely will get you nowhere.  Instead, I would block her/them.

As a side note, I'm very sorry to hear about your miscarriage.  =(  I had one in January, so I think I understand how you feel.  Hang in there.

*ETA* Oh, I think I know who you're talking about - and she answered this question as well.  Yes, she's quite obnoxious!

Answer 17

Just leave it...she'll just go create another account. It's no use reporting her.

~kate

Answer 18

I really can't imagine the point of awarding yourself best answer (sounds like someone who needs to get a life outside the computer).  But the fact that she had multiple accounts doesn't necessarily mean her advice was bad or her support was not heartfelt, or that her questions aren't legimate.  What would be the point in reporting her? I wouldn't give it another thought, except as a reminder to be cautious that people are not necessarily what they seem on the computer.

Answer 19

I really don't understand why anyone do this. I would either report it or let it be and maybe just try to avoid her.

However if you would like some other support you will be able to find some here. I am a member/co admin of a new site starting up and we are looking for some new members to support and to share the knowledge.

x*x

Answer 20

Aw Hun that's terrible for them to do this ..and I'm so sorry for your losses ...makes me mad on here people claiming to be having triplets quads and asking for help i mean how many people at once all on Yahoo can have multiple births the world would be over populated to bursting point, personally i would block her and as for Yahoo they cannot do anything except close their account