I spent 2 days reading resolved questions and resurshed every answer. 55% of asker's pick for best answer was totally wrong. 62 % of voted on best answers were also wrong. 73 % of all answers were not even close. People come here for a good sound answer and they get guess work. If you can not back up your answer with facts, you shouldn't answer the question, period! Because your Uncle Chuck said it was so, doesn't mean it is a fact. If a person can't list the sourse of their answer as required by Yahoo, should they still be allowed to answer the question?
2006-09-15 22:09:01 · 26 answers · asked by rocky m 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
my point being... ask which guy you should date, you expect an opinion and all answers are taken as such. Ask about how to cure a sick plant you expect some facts and all answers are also taken as such. answers has many areas where only opinions are the only answer. other areas are there just for those who want to have fun and say silly things. it also has areas where facts are or should be the only answer.
a dear elderly friend was recently hurt badly because she took someones answer here in garden & landscape as fact. my question was meant to see just how dangerous a place this is for those not as sharp as others expect them to be. I thank each of you for your answer. You have all been helpful. Dr. M.
2006-09-16 00:09:51 · update #1
You sir are 100% right. What color car or who to date is a different type of answer the one requiring a fact. the correct answer per your example curing a sick plant can not have an opinion answer. would you want a bunch of folks telling your doctor their opinion on your cure, you was the facts. period. bad answers should cost points.
2006-09-16 17:52:51 · answer #1 · answered by doctorfruittrees 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Sometimes you KNOW an answer. If you ask me about my field (behavioral psychology), an area in which I have years of specialized experience, do you really expect me to list everything I've read on the topic? Especially since, because it is such a specialized field complete with its own jargon, a novice wouldn't understand the literature anyway?
I view this site as a forum to get input from other people. If I wanted perfectly accurate information, I'd research the topics myself. Hearing answers from others gives you a springboard to start looking in places you might not have thoguht of originally. And some questions, like yours for example, cannot possibly be answered using sources.
2006-09-15 22:22:39 · answer #2 · answered by Amanda 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Damn...you have a lot of time on your hands.
People give bad answers for the points.
I don't know about everyone else on here, but when I ask a question, I expect tips more than real answers.
Most questions are asking for an opinion rather than facts, how can you provide a source for your opinion? Why do you care so much?
2006-09-15 22:24:15 · answer #3 · answered by Kandi 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Take deep breaths Dr. M...c'mon really deep breaths. Okay...you alright now? Jeez, I answered a whole bunch today that I didn't leave any sources for...so...I answerd them in the spirit I believed them to be asked in. We should really list sources and if there are none listed, well then people should understand that the answer is off the top of someone's head...and is subject to scrutiny. I really want to like you...looks like you are NEW to the garden community on Answers. We are really nice people here, nothing like QnA, but somehow you seem to have raised the ire of so many. So, next time out, maybe you can "dumb down' just a bit to my level...okay? >:-(
2006-09-16 03:49:54 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why is this question in Gardening & Landscaping?
I won't bother to read & understand your question - I will just briefly glace through it and decide myself what I think you are asking, and then I shall give you an ill-informed, or even insulting answer, just because I can. Or I will flatter you, in a cynical bid to get 10 points.
So in answer to your question - roses should be pruned at the start of spring, generally speaking.
And yes, you are absolutely right - blood and bone DO make the best compost for newly laid lawns!
2006-09-15 22:15:07 · answer #5 · answered by Big E 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
That is good work. This is a point system game not a data base.
People cheat at games. Like a host of voters for answers and multiple users for an account. I figured that out quickly. The fact is that there are only opinions here.
2006-09-15 22:24:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I cant believe you sat there long enough to figure that all up, most people are here for fun or for points or both. Relax just enjoy yahoo. If you are taking the questions and answers that serious why are you asking a bunch or strangers anyway get a professional.
2006-09-15 22:18:38 · answer #7 · answered by Mom 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
this is a great philosophy if all ?s are fact ?s. but what about those that are opinion. how can anyone say someone answering is wrong or right its a opinion no clear answer .
so whats a bad answer most questions in here are opinion in there wording so how can you give reference to your opinion. my advise is to calm down actually read all the answers and if you are so into fact only choose those with reference to listen to.
this is just my opinion not fact lol
2006-09-15 22:15:08 · answer #8 · answered by wiz of ia 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Put the axe down and take a deep breath.
Most of us know better ways to find legit answers on the internet and simply use this forum for fun.
That said, I am careful that my answers be clearly recognizable as 'silly' when I delve into unfamiliar territory.
Cheers.
2006-09-15 22:14:10 · answer #9 · answered by sueflower 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most people are here for fun. If you want good answers... you could try academic forums...
then again, you'll find plenty of wrong answers there too. In that case though, they'll all be as confused as you are on what right and wrong means, so that won't help much either :)
2006-09-15 22:17:36 · answer #10 · answered by diamondspider 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋