Why do people reply to my questions if they're stupid, but not if they're serious?

Question

Any time I actually want a real answer, people don't reply?

Answer 1

sorry but i think some people are just after the points rather than wanting to help!

Answer 2

I think some people find the stupid questions easier to answer. They can say whatever pops into there heads. It also depends on the time of day the question is submitted. A lot of people on here at night are very young. They seem to ask silly questions and give silly answers. Serious questions take a little more time and thought, at least for me they do. I try to do a little research before answering the serious ones....:)

Answer 3

I agree 100% !! There is a lot of very young kids on here that are out for the summer and they have nothing better to do I guess. They don't have enough knowledge and they try to be funny. Older people know better, but I will have to admit there are some crazy questions that deserve crazy answers. People should be more sensitive on here because you don't know how serious someones question really is.

I am no way discriminating young kids. If you have the knowledge and use it then I applaud you.

Answer 4

Some people have nothing but time on their hands and have nothing better to do. Some just do this to be funny and not try to get the best answers. For others it is simply who they are and there is not much that can be done about that. I mean trying to get answers on here has to be a crap shoot as you do not know when and who will be logging on and if your question gets the right position on the question page to be recognized.

There are really a lot of factors that can lead to your question not getting the attention and time that it deserves. I just want to wish you the best of luck with your future questions.

Answer 5

Yeah, I feel you on this one..It could be to get easy points or they just don't understand the serious question. They maybe impatient or can't put words together to write what they mean.The position and timing of the question posted can also have an affect on how many answers you will recieve....I don't know but it's annoying, that's why I usually post my serious questions to a couple of sections to get more options.

Answer 6

I know exactly what you mean :-( I posted the same very serious question twice in 2 different categories and not had one response. Yahoo is full of morons unfortunately and they can't be bothered to help people. What may seem like a stupid question to one person may actually be very important to the person making the enquiry.

Answer 7

I guess it depends on the question. If I see something really funny or really stupid, I want to comment. But if someone sincerely wants to know something and I can help I also reply. And of course there are people who just want to have fun here.

Answer 8

Yep, just for points. But could be that they genuinely think its an interesting question and want to read the answers, then regurgitate what they've read into an answer. But also because they may have thought of a 'funny' answer, for example, when I asked what was wrong with my dvd burning hardware, someone wrote, use a bunsen burner. C'est ca.

Answer 9

Sometimes it's the question that stumps the person or the people giving the stupid answers read the questions and misinterpret them. So you might want to write your question and then elaborate on it a bit more.. so that people KNOW what you are asking and answer it more seriously.

Answer 10

Serious people dont spend time on answering stupid questions

Answer 11

I've just looked through all your questions. Hum... You usually ask about personal qualities,about psychological aspects. It's quite serious field. I've made a conclusion you think much about the way you look, speak, about other peoples' behavior.Unwarranted self-examination is very destructive.

Some people write nonsense because of boredom.