Why does this exist when yahoo! answers has tons of questions like this already?

Answer 1

The goal of yahoo answers is entirely different than the goal of this site. Yahoo is a general interest site (and the Q&A reflects this). @101 answers questions by more-or-less educated & experienced anarchists. Our target is non-anarchists & other anarchists.

Anarchists (generally) believe in the principle of self-determination and self-sufficiency. This is an example of that principle in action.

Comments

Just a small recommendation: I just spent some time composing a lengthy response, and was distracted by other things IRL here, and then finished the comment, to only find it was "timed out". Perhaps a longer time out, would do wonders... Otherwise, you are risking the lives of keyboards everywhere! ;-)

Answer 2

Also: ask.yahoo.com has ceased operations. The people at Y! are idiots... they've consistently closed down/sold every unique/useful service they hosted.

Comments

That could be because it's answers.yahoo.com

Answer 3

Ask.metafilter.com is a good general question site for those mourning Yahoo! Answers. But it's a big wide web, and there's room for everyone!