Why do people bother answering questions with the very same answer as the 20 people before them?

Question

As an example, refer to the question on line now "Why did Eminem call himself Eminem?"

Answer 1

Most of the time people do not scroll down to see how many or what other people have answered. Also, if you ask a question that needs a factual answer and all of the answers are different, how would you know which one is correct? So the more people who give the same answer, the more chances are that is the correct one.

Answer 2

To gain some points and by the way Eminem is called that cause of M.M. (Marshall Mathers) hence M & M thus Eminem.

Answer 3

There are a few reasons.
a) They want the points (like a lot of people did & said before me)
b) They werre just later than everyone else (like me)
c) they just took a long time to answer and were debating what else to say before the person before them.

Answer 4

Probably an easy way to gain points. I try to make my answers count for something other than just the points. It's my time after all.

Answer 5

Eminem called himself eminem cuz he felt like it! GOSH!

Answer 6

I type soooo slowly by the time I get my answer posted twenty other people have posted the same answer.And by then I have invested so much time in typing the answer I've got to post it.!

Answer 7

the pace in here is so fast that many people are answering the same question at the same time. so you can't rule out that they are doing it for the points.

Answer 8

Because they have nothing better or creative to say and copy others answers and of course for the points

Answer 9

If we didn't, then you might only get one single person's opinion, and that goes against the whole point of this...we're trying to get the majority vote, most of the time, anyways. OH, and points...heh.

Answer 10

It is a flaw in the system. People get two points no matter what they type.