Going local in Singapore
We’ve been talking internally for a while now about how we can make the discussions here a little more local. This is of course important for Yahoo! since we’re under new management — you! 
As you know, this is where people ask each other questions on various topics and get answers by sharing facts, opinions and personal experiences.
Our goal is to create a trusted source of knowledge, built by our local community in Singapore. To that end, you may have seen numerous local questions from our Yahoo! Editor.
But really, we don’t want these questions to come from us. We would love for you to drive it. Where can I find a great bak chor mee? How good is the Uno steak house in Toa Payoh? How do I prepare lo hei for this coming Lunar New Year?
Here are a few tips to get you started:
1. Use the content filter
The default setting of the content filter on Yahoo! Answers Singapore now displays “All English questions.” If you like seeing Singapore-based questions, switch it over to “Singapore questions only.” This will filter down the questions to just those from the Singapore site. The choice is yours.
2. Check out the other categories
Many of you spend your time in our Singapore travel category. Try taking that a step further and check out the other categories where you can talk about, for example, the great food in Holland Village (Food & Drink), the new MRT routes (Cars & Transportation) and pub recommendations (Entertaining). Ultimately, you’re the owner of the community, so build the discussions in various categories that suit your interests.
3. Try the advance Search with local terms
Try searching for the answers you’re looking for. Click on the “Advanced” search function so you can look for stuff with specific keywords or categories. You can also find discussions that are Singapore-only or based on when the question was submitted.
4. Put the “Singapore element” into your questions and answers
If you’re looking for local answers, first try asking local questions that are specific to Singapore. Where can I find the best chicken rice in Singapore? Did you see the news on the new HDB flats on Channel NewsAsia last night? If you’re looking to create great discussions on Singapore, it helps to localize your questions.
5. Talk to us
Yahoo! Answers Singapore can’t survive without your ideas. You can write us at our suggestion board or post your comment below. We are here to listen.
We hope you’ll find these tips useful. Please share them and help us make this a home for our Singapore community!
Have a great day,
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I like the idea of the Answer Singapore version, after all many off the advies that we give may not be relevant to someone living in the west, because they are not Asian and don’t understand our backgrounds and our family background.
Only questions I like to know: do you allow discussion on religions and politics, or race issues in the Singapore version. If not , is there any much to talk, except on relationships, food, shopping, education, jobs–seems like a bit stale?
Guys, I try to get more feedback from you. So, please feel free to let me know what can we do for you in this blog, ok? Have a good weekend.
Hi Surprised, sorry for late reply. Thanks for your comment! We’re getting more local.
Q: Do you allow discussion on religions and politics, or race issues in the Singapore version. If not , is there any much to talk, except on relationships, food, shopping, education, jobs–seems like a bit stale?
A: You can ask/answer whatever you want unless it’s not violates our community guidelines and the local law. I also recommend you to read our community guidelines here http://sg.answers.yahoo.com/info/community_guidelines
Those guidelines are only a general guide. I want to know
how you know that someone is outside their guidelines?
Is it that someone report that to you?
Do you at Yahoo Answers read everything and decide when to step in?
Maybe someone cross the lines though may appear fine with Answer Yahoo, it may mean unacceptable to another group of people?
So what do you in this situation?
I wonder for Singapore, if someone writes someone that speaks about political issues about happiness on the government. will you report the person to ISA?
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