How do you make your activity private on yahoo answers?

[Bob Watermelon]

[Someone]

Click the My Activity Tab at the top of the page, click Edit my preferences. Then mark it so Q & A are private and hit submit

[Rev]

You can hide your Q&A from being visible on your profile from everybody BUT your Contacts. You can't hide your questions from being visible when people are searching elsewhere however.

First and most important step to keep your Q&A private...(from the desktop version) go to My Activities>Edit My Preferences>Privacy & Communications. Under "Sharing and network:" you will see "Share my Q&A with:". Select "My Contacts Only" and click Submit at the bottom of the page.

If you have any Contacts they will be able to see your Q&A, so if you are concerned about privacy I suggest you don't allow them. After you set to My Contacts Only simply don't add users as Contacts (become their fan).

Then for more privacy you need to check your Pulse settings.

From Answers go to My Activity>View Pulse>Settings>Manage updates. Make sure "Share my updates" is not checked. Save at the bottom of the page.

You can also manage whether you want Twitter or Facebook linked to your Yahoo! account by going to Settings>Manage my linked accounts.

[thejanith]

You can only make your Q&A lists private on your profile page. All your questions and answers remain viewable in their respective categories. The resolved ones go into the archives where they are viewable forever. This is a totally public information exchange site, meant to be kind of like the reference section in a library. Everything is available to everyone.

If you want to make just your Q&A lists private for some reason, click on the MY ACTIVITY tab and then on Edit My Preferences. Click on the Privacy & Communications tab, and then look down the list. Be sure to go to the bottom of the page and save your changes when you're done or it won't stick.