The Yahoo! Philippines Editor wants to know
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Hi everyone, join me in welcoming the Yahoo! Philippines Editor here in Yahoo! Answers! Some of you know this already but 2 weeks ago, she started asking the community different questions that are usually related to a news article or story featured in the Yahoo! Philippines home page.
The first question our editor asked was “Is it ok to use smileys and text lingo like “tnx” in a thank you letter after an interview?“ and 27 Answers users shared their answers. Congrats to Kat for explaining why, although text lingo is a common part of our day-to-day conversations, it’s really not a good idea to use it when applying for a job.
Last week, she asked the question “Do you believe changing the Constitution to institute federalism will help the development of the Philippines?“, this time in relation to the news about Malacañang’s support for the amendment of the Charter to support changing our form of government from a republic to a federal one. To our surprise and delight, 118 community members shared their opinions on the topic! It was pretty overwhelming especially because a number of you gave really comprehensive and well-thought of answers. However, there can only be one best answer and the person chosen was mjlocad, who gave a concise, informative and compelling explanation behind his answer.
That’s just the first two, expect our Yahoo! Philippines Editor to be regularly asking questions to the community on topics about what’s happening in and around our country. You’ll see these questions in the Featured Module of the Yahoo! Philippines home page and I’ll be featuring them as well in the Best of Answers. So watch out for our Editor’s questions and feel free to do what you do best here in Answers - answering questions. 
can you sent to my email if what is the exactly latest population in the philippines??
Can you please do away with the Thumbs down button. Also please remove the report abuse button from all but the asker of the question. We should be the only ones to say if the answer don’t really answer the question we asked not anyone else.
I would like to suggest a question and answer exclusive pure “tagalog” or different dialect of the Philippines. I checked on the other sites like japan and china they have their own way of anwer and question site. Can we not do it also? Just a suggestion.
I second DavidaH’s suggestion to remove the report abuse button. It only encourages users to abuse that privilege by wrongful and malicious reporting not of questions or answers but of the asker or answerer on the grounds they dislike him/her. They use it as a tool for revenge or for stirring controversy in the community. It’s no use appealing to the Yahoo team; they always take the side of the reporter. Sorry but it’s the truth and a fact.
It’s not a good idea to remove the icon of notification for abuse. this symbol is international for abuse in the internet it’s a protection for our children who knows surfing in the net. in either case if this icon is seen by everybody the person who will read the others comments which i do we can distinguish such comment whether it is abuse or not therefore we cannot just use this icon to report an abuse when the matter didn’t past into action and the person concerned of the matter if she’s adult and knows what’s she’s getting herself into we the readers can’t save her but she. for the children it’s parents consent whom they have to obey and parents should do their responsibility to their children.
the word abuse commonly use for sexual incitations persuading a person to respond to this form of advert or message. on the otherhand we cannot report abuse for a message that provokes angers if I get my self right. so my own opinion is that i suggest that the icon should remain where it is, in case of a real abuse of sexual incitations then we just click onto it.
@wheng - Hi wheng, I see you have a question. The best place to post it is in Yahoo! Answers. I’m sure the community will love to help you out with your query. The comment section in the blog is basically for feedback and discussion with anything and everything related to Answers. Hope this helps, thanks!
@DavidaH - Thanks for the suggestion DavidaH. Although I can’t promise you anything regarding the implementation of your suggestions (as you probably may know, it takes time to implement these kinds of changes), I’ve already forwarded your suggestions to our Product Manager for consideration.
@Love9012 - Thanks for suggesting that Love9012! Actually, we’ve been thinking about that fore quite some time already. Hearing it from users like you give us more reason to consider implementing such a change. If we ever allow users to post in Filipino here in Yahoo! Philippines Answers, I will definitely announce it immediately here in the blog.
@annabelle p - Thanks for sharing your views Annabelle. As I mentioned to DavidaH, your suggestions have been forward to our Product Manager already who will consider this among the upgrades we are planning for Answers. I understand where you’re coming from so let’s wait and see how this issue is resolved. Please feel free to always share to us your ideas and feedback.
@dessie lopez - Hi Dessie, thank you for expressing your concern and opinion. It’s a good thing to be protective in the Internet, especially for your kids. That’s why we have the “Report Abuse” button, to prevent any form of behavior in Answers that is against the Community Guidelines. Our challenge now is to prevent users who abuse the “Report Abuse” button and use it against a person instead of a means to maintain order in the community. But as mentioned, we’re continuously working hard to ensure that Answers remain a safe, fun and a positive place for all users.
I have always wanted to read and answer questions raised about the Philippines. But I could not find most of them. Now I know. Thanks.