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Why did iRobot remove my answer

I tried to answer 2 questions (the one I tried twice) but my answers got removed by iRobot and it took away 100 reputation (for each one).

Now I have no Reputation

Link to each one:

https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/9628...

https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/9628...

https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/9628...

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@alberteinst6187 sorry but it does happen. iRobot has no malicious intent but is taking really good care of this site. There is a reason why it did what it did. The longer you stick around on iFixit you will see how important it is to have iRobot take care of this. You'll be surprised to see how much Spam people love to post on here.

If it does happy to you again, let us know. We will always check and make things right.

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@oldturkey03 Okay, thanks, I was just frustrated.

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@alberteinst6187 I get it. No big deal :-)

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I fixed it for you, iRobot is aggressive at times - they're a paranoid robot. Anyway, I looked and the issue was the limited text and mostly being links - iRobot does not like that. In future answers, make sure the text outweighs the link.

This is an example of a post which will be safe from the robot: https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/9626...

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Thank you so much!

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@alberteinst6187 If you post short answers make sure you only do a few at a time and do more long form answers as well to show it you aren’t an AI slop machine or a spammer

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@alberteinst6187 looks like my buddy iRobot was a bit overzealous. It has the tendency of disliking a bunch of links that are embedded in answer given by users that are fairly new or only post infrequently. Look like somebody else already fixed this (thanks @nick ). Just watch your links for a bit until iRobot gets' used to your profile.

Thanks for speaking up and letting us know.

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