I'm a big fan of concise, well-reasoned, readable, useful answers; and I do sometimes see those types of answers here. However, I think they are in the minority of answers for most topics.
I think people sometimes answer in semi-useless ways because they think they're funny, or would rather chat vs. give an answer. Is that the case? Is it some other reason? I understand there are some people that are gaming for points; I generally simply report them.
So, I guess to even further elaborate on my question: Why are people clogging up Yahoo! Answers with chat, off-topic answers, and/or short and useless answers (like a single word)? There are lots of chat programs and other forums for that, yes?
2006-08-20
13:04:15
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Kimberley Mc
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