2006-09-13 16:16:04 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Hi,
I think there are several reasons.
(1) They want 2 points.
(2) They don't read the question carefully, then proceed to answer a question that was never actually asked.
(3) Regardless of the quality or intent of questions, they generally prefer to use this forum as a platform for ranting, insulting people, ridiculing points of view, inflating their egos or making "jokes"--rather than answering questions. In other words, Y!A is used for a form of personal entertainment, but not for question answering.
(4) They fail to see the value of the question, judge it as a "bad question", then make a (confrontational) comment to make this "point".
(5) They hold their personal opinions in such high regard that expressing them is top priority--secondary to answering questions. Unfortunately, their irrelevant answers can sometimes lead to a "Snorefest" or "Yawnfest".
(6) They honestly believe their answer to contain useful content, when it actually does not. Their answer may actually contain good ideas, but is rendered useless as the result of poor organization of thought or unintelligible grammar/spelling.
(7) Sometimes a question is too abstract, contains "hidden" or "implied" questions, or is otherwise difficult for the average reader to grasp. When this happens, it can generate a lot of poor answers from people who don't "get it".
(8) Some people may find, after beginning to type or half-way through an attempt at answering, that they actually have nothing to say. They go ahead and answer the question anyway.
(9) Some questions may antagonize the general population. For example, the question may contain racist implications, or otherwise suggest something that most people find disagreeable.
NOTE: This question could potentially fall into this last category, because some might take it to imply that many "answerers" are not doing a very good job. Some answerers may feel that your question is directed against them somehow, because they tend to answer questions in a way that they feel you are "judging" as having "nothing to say".
Hope this helps! Good luck in your search for quality answers.
2006-09-13 16:57:49 · answer #1 · answered by Jon 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes when u go to answer a question your mind draws a blank and it's like ,u know,kinda weird and ,like really confusing because I have something to say I just can't remember what it was ,but I STILL wanna say what I came to say but ,u know it takes a minute b4 u remember and I'm already HERE and ,like it's just fine with me if I just chill 4 a while here while I'm trying to remembereverythingIwantedtosay and ifIleavenowthenI'vejustspentalllllthistimesittinhere4nothin.......................What was the question again?
2006-09-13 23:26:06 · answer #2 · answered by hippiegirl672003 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah. And the flip side of the coin is -- Why do people bother wasting their points asking extremely stupid questions?
2006-09-13 23:19:32 · answer #3 · answered by Candidus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because its fun, and it bothers people such as yourself.
2006-09-13 23:33:49 · answer #4 · answered by therazorsback 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i figure its the 2 points - gotta luv dem 2 points!
2006-09-13 23:20:39 · answer #5 · answered by oz_gurl2005 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe for the same reason people post pointless questions like this...
2006-09-13 23:18:12 · answer #6 · answered by Stargazer 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
For the same reason people ask stupid questions that mean nothing...WTF!
2006-09-13 23:17:41 · answer #7 · answered by wildraft1 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Because they want those two points.
2006-09-13 23:20:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To get points. Why else?
2006-09-14 01:07:01 · answer #9 · answered by reid296 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to get points silly
2006-09-13 23:29:16 · answer #10 · answered by justsomedumbgirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋