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    • Susan34994 on Thu 29 Oct 2009
    • 10:31:19 PM UTC

    My site has gotten a bad rating for revenge, how do I fix this?

    I have a large following on Yahoo Answers and over the years of some of Answers regulars don't like me and I think one of them gave my site a bad rating just to be an ass.?
    Ive had a few friends give good ratings but I still have a red fruit loop?

    How can 1 vote over power all the rest?

    He didn't even give a comment stating why he gave it a bad rating?

    The irony is I posted on my site an article on how good WOT is and recommended everyone get it and WOT turns around and bites me in the ass with this BS rating!

    Please help me fix this error!

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    • Sami on Thu 29 Oct 2009
    • 11:13:00 PM UTC

    Re: My site has gotten a bad rating for revenge

    I think one of them gave my site a bad rating just to be an ass.?

    Ratings are private, so there's no way of knowing how many users have rated your site. Still, no matter how much it may seem like there's a conspiracy against your site, experience has shown that it's pretty uncommon for someone to rate sites poorly for revenge.

    How can 1 vote over power all the rest?

    We don't care only about the number of ratings, but also their reliability. The reputation system is meritocratic, which means that users need to earn the system's trust before they are considered trustworthy. Otherwise, someone might just create several accounts in a silly attempt to manipulate the reputations.

    Ive had a few friends give good ratings but I still have a red fruit loop?

    Did these friends use your computer when they rated the site?

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    • evilfantasy on Fri 30 Oct 2009
    • 03:59:17 AM UTC

    Appears to be a safe blog

    WOT scorecard: malwareexorcism.com

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    • Warxas on Fri 30 Oct 2009
    • 12:27:16 AM UTC

    Suspicious...

    How come your name on WOT is Susan34994 and you have a picture of a woman.
    But! On this blog, you say your name is Gene Greer and you have a picture of a man.
    Unless I read it wrong, you said this was Your site.
    Correct me if I'm wrong.

    Finally, like Sami said, why were your "friends" all on the same computer?

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    • evilfantasy on Fri 30 Oct 2009
    • 01:42:36 AM UTC

    Also...(further investigating)

    You appear to have, or had, multiple accounts on Yahoo and are answering topics with the same link(s) to your blog with a fix that may or may not work. I say had because it looks like some have been deleted or been banned, probably for spamming. Spamming is most likely why your blog got the red rating and I've updated my WOT rating to reflect the spamming.

    Looks like you also have multiple Blogger blogs and are posting content then replying to yourself, which is what spammers do.

    Are you also creating questions on Yahoo so you can answer with a link tou your site?

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    • evilfantasy on Sun 01 Nov 2009
    • 10:39:43 PM UTC

    And for my efforts...

    He goes and gives my blog a red rating. http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/evilfantasy.word...

    Sad sad sad...

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      • Warxas on Sun 01 Nov 2009
      • 10:40:32 PM UTC

      Well

      That's enough to make me rate his blog orange. :)

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    • samuelrowe on Mon 02 Nov 2009
    • 12:01:46 PM UTC

    She is banned

    She is banned.I was kind enough to give her site red rating before she left this site.

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    • LiVeRpUdLiAn932 on Mon 02 Nov 2009
    • 12:43:56 PM UTC

    I remember Super-Antivirus, yea?

    Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde, again and again
    You'll Never Walk Alone

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    • demonluo on Mon 02 Nov 2009
    • 04:51:20 PM UTC

    -___- so its a lie after

    -___- so its a lie after all...

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    • Anonymous on Wed 11 Nov 2009
    • 05:57:10 AM UTC

    Not to be trusted

    He is still answering questions under the aliases of Christy, Legion, Death, was TrailerPark Pirate (now banned,) and Double R. I pointed out that his link 'malwareexcorcism.com' has a negative rating from WOT in one of the questions in Yahoo Answers. I reported Death to Yahoo Answers and they removed his answer with the link too.

    I then received an email from Gene masquerading as Legion (he has a sense of humour eh? "My name is Legion, for we are many")

    From: Legion

    Subject: Whats your problem!

    Message: There is nothing wrong with my site!
    Wot is full of crap!
    You ought to check a site out yourself before you start posting crap about it!

    I then reported him and they also removed the answer of Legion because he inserted a rant that I got Death reported in his answer (not a smart move if you ask me) He then reported me to Yahoo in a revenge attack and my answer was removed too. I appealed and they re-instated my answer again.

    Hi Muckdoomee,

    Thank you for taking the time to submit an appeal. Upon review, we found the following answer was not in violation of the Answers Community Guidelines:

    "Ignore Death's suggested site - malwareexorcism. The "reviewers" who vouch for him are in his Yahoo Answers profile contacts. http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/malwareexorcism.... Sure there is a guide, bleepingcomputer link has a great guide. Start at 'Automated Removal Instructions for Antivirus System Pro using Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware:' http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-antivirus-system-pro"

    The Yahoo! Answers Team regrets that your answer was wrongfully reported by the Answers community. Your answer has been reposted to Yahoo! Answers, and we are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.

    As a result of your appeal, the people who reported your answer will have less influence when reporting abuse in the future.

    Thanks,
    Yahoo! Answers Team

    What this internet need right now is less of these vindictive and malevolence characters such as Gene.

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      • BobJam (not verified) on Wed 11 Nov 2009
      • 05:52:05 AM UTC

      Good effort

      Sounds like your methods were finally recognized as good ones, especially since you followed up . . . which most people don't bother to do (am guilty of that sometimes myself).

      So, my compliments.

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    • Anonymous on Thu 12 Nov 2009
    • 11:14:44 AM UTC

    Changing his names again in Yahoo Answers

    Latest - Uncle Santa and Daddy

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    • demonluo on Thu 12 Nov 2009
    • 10:26:14 PM UTC

    every yahoo user should

    every yahoo user should install wot then they could check the scorecard to see if the site is safe or not......

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    • samuelrowe on Tue 22 Dec 2009
    • 08:38:19 AM UTC

    Wow she is still making users

    She should be arrested in real life O_o

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    • samuelrowe on Mon 20 Dec 2010
    • 08:46:23 AM UTC

    RE: My site has gotten a bad rating for revenge, how do I fix th

    I believe she now has the alias of evil baby.

    s@mu€l