How can we stop celebrities from using Yahoo Answers for gratuitous self promotion?

It's sheer posterbation. Self Affirmation.

Of course there will always be a large percentage of internet users who will flock to these celebrity questions as if they were asked by Gods. These users deserve to have their Myspace accounts terminated and their computers donated to Goodwill.

How can we stop celebrities from using Yahoo Answers for gratuitous self promotion?

I don't mind if a lot of users flock to celebrity questions. That's the audience that keeps this site running and allows the staff to continue working on improvements.

Fortunately, the Ask the Planet promotion is over now, so you probably won't see as many celebrities around for a while. Yet I'm still hoping some of those other answerers stuck around because they just might have the answers to some of my questions. :)

How can we stop celebrities from using Yahoo Answers for gratuitous self promotion?

This celebrity buisness is better than all the obscene questiond being asked

How can we stop celebrities from using Yahoo Answers for gratuitous self promotion?

i agree, i've never answered a celebrities question. and i probably never will. whenever i see that 30,000 ppl have answered it, i ask myself..."what are the chances someone is actually reading my response?".....slim to none.

how can we stop them? we can't i'm afraid.

How can we stop celebrities from using Yahoo Answers for gratuitous self promotion?

we cant I assume yahoo is asking them here!

How can we stop celebrities from using Yahoo Answers for gratuitous self promotion?

there are celebrities on here???? where? let me get my camera.

seriously to be honest i thought all the celeb names on here were wannabes posing. and if i answered their question i would probably be nasty cause i'd be thinking they were a fake. LOL

How can we stop celebrities from using Yahoo Answers for gratuitous self promotion?

I LOVE your question, but at the same time, if stupid people are allowed to ask questions, I don't see the harm in letting celebrities do the same. There are so many incredibly dumb questions asked all the time that it's almost refreshing to see people flock to the idealistic crap the celebrities dish out. As long as they don't start answering...

How can we stop celebrities from using Yahoo Answers for gratuitous self promotion?

Easy...Answer them if you want to...Ignore them if you don't care to comment on any of their questions...

How can we stop celebrities from using Yahoo Answers for gratuitous self promotion?

Ignore them and don't answer their questions. They will realize that nobody is interested and they will go away.

How can we stop celebrities from using Yahoo Answers for gratuitous self promotion?

call paparazzi!

How can we stop celebrities from using Yahoo Answers for gratuitous self promotion?

Stalk and Threaten Them

How can we stop celebrities from using Yahoo Answers for gratuitous self promotion?

The celebrity promotion has stopped, but it has not stopped our being reminded of them. For the last few days, Suze Orman's face keeps popping up suggesting I check out the best answer to her question. So while the official promotion is over, we haven't seen the last of them yet.

How can we stop celebrities from using Yahoo Answers for gratuitous self promotion?

i'm glad to have them on here.