# Yahoo! has a SDMB-like section now: Yahoo! Answers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-has-a-sdmb-like-section-now-yahoo-answers/334941>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 9, 2005, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-has-a-sdmb-like-section-now-yahoo-answers/334941 "2005-12-09T21:14:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-has-a-sdmb-like-section-now-yahoo-answers/334941/1 "2005-12-09T21:14:03Z")

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“Ask a question on any topic and get answers from real people.”  
[http://answers.yahoo.com/](http://answers.yahoo.com/)

Pales in comparison to the SDMB of course, but interesting.

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**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-has-a-sdmb-like-section-now-yahoo-answers/334941/2 "2005-12-09T21:26:33Z")

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Are you kidding? They _cite_ Cecil all the time.

_They_ need _us._

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**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-has-a-sdmb-like-section-now-yahoo-answers/334941/3 "2005-12-09T21:30:41Z")

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“If you pick your nose, but no one sees you, do you feel like it’s okay?”

God sees you.

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-has-a-sdmb-like-section-now-yahoo-answers/334941/4 "2005-12-09T22:01:37Z")

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> [@a35362](#):
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> Are you kidding? They _cite_ Cecil all the time.
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> _They_ need _us._

If you are thinking of the pre-existing ‘Ask Yahoo’ section, this is different. ‘Ask Yahoo’ was like Cecil’s column, where questions were answered by Yahoo. This new thing is more like the SDMB, where the questions are answered my the public at large.

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**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-has-a-sdmb-like-section-now-yahoo-answers/334941/5 "2006-02-01T03:13:02Z")

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I’m fighting the good fight over there. I just made level 5 tonight.

And I see Unca Cece mentioned occasionally, but I’ve figured out that people are not likely to read links.

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**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-has-a-sdmb-like-section-now-yahoo-answers/334941/6 "2006-02-01T09:17:12Z")

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Sounds kinda like, oh I don’t know … [this](http://answers.google.com/answers/), which has been running for quite some time now.

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-has-a-sdmb-like-section-now-yahoo-answers/334941/7 "2006-02-01T19:08:47Z")

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Looks like a bunch of junior high kids looking for people to do their homework for them, mainly.