What, exactly, is a 'rant' about an issue, and why is it forbidden?

A rant is an opinionated statement where you can get people to agree with you. It's construed as ';not a question or an answer'; violation under the Community Guidelines-strictly prohibited here. This is not at all knowledge-worthy and can be considered as potentially hateful speech. Never use this site as a soapbox to vent your frustrations at all costs.





Here's some information on what I'm saying:





1. What does it mean when you say we have to follow the question-and-answer format?





We ask that community members follow the question-and-answer format because Yahoo! Answers is a question-and-answer community. This means when you post a question, it must be written in the form of a question. When you post an answer, it must attempt to answer the question being asked.





-It is possible that a question could be considered a “rant”, even if it is formatted correctly. Avoid posting questions that are more about declaring your opinions than seeking knowledge.





Venting, ranting or using hate speechYahoo! Answers isn't a soapbox to vent personal frustrations or rant about issues. We are a community of people with diverse beliefs, opinions, and backgrounds, so please be respectful and keep hateful and incendiary comments off Yahoo! Answers.





2. Venting, ranting or using hate speech





Yahoo! Answers isn't a soapbox to vent personal frustrations or rant about issues. We are a community of people with diverse beliefs, opinions, and backgrounds, so please be respectful and keep hateful and incendiary comments off Yahoo! Answers.


What, exactly, is a 'rant' about an issue, and why is it forbidden?
Even a simple question can be considered a rant. When the asker is expressing their point of view/opinion, even in the form of a question, it would be considered a rant. As the type question another person got reported for and asked about here ';Isn't it obvious that...';? That's a rant.What, exactly, is a 'rant' about an issue, and why is it forbidden?
A rant is basically giving an opinion, long or short, and then looking for people to agree with you.





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This will help explain it.


http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/answers…





http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/answers…
A 'rant' is going on and on about a topic (running it into the ground).


Why forbidden? Because the site is titled ';Questions %26amp; Answers';, not ';Piss %26amp; Moan';.