What is the biggest mistake people make here when asking questions?

Question

Are they too vague, too sarcastic, too prejudiced, too angry, too inarticulate - What?

Answer 1

Instead of actually wanting to see how others feel they are looking for someone who will reinforce there preconceived notions.

In short they are closed minded.

Myself included.

Love and blessings Don

Answer 2

I’ve read a few where it was impossible to figure out what they were really asking. A little more care in framing the questions would be nice.

Also, it seems some of the same questions are asked every single day.

Perhaps one improvement to the site might be to have a list of the 10 or 20 most commonly asked questions in each section, keep these as open questions so people could add as they wished, but in this ay we wouldn’t have to wade through the same questions every single day.

Also, since this section is so busy, I wonder if it wouldn’t make sense to subdivide into different sections for Christianity, Muslim, Atheism and General Spiritualism amung others..

Answer 3

How much time do you have?

First half aren't questions, but comments.

Then there are people that just repeat the same thing over and over and over again.

They are very sarcastic, and if you do not believe as they do, they seem to want to jump through the pc and cut you with a knife.

There isn't alot of thought put into most questions. Some of them you don't even know what they are asking (assuming that they are even asking anything).

They ask questions belittling others beliefs.

It mainly boils down to respect, the majority of people that post here, seem to have none, or forget what it is, the moment that they log on.

Answer 4

My main complaint would be long, detailed explanations without paragraphs. I won't even bother reading it. Run on sentences drive me up a wall, too.

Too vague is ok. I do the same to allow for personal interpretation. I'd rather do that than lead people. Likewise, I appreciate the freedom to form my own conclusions.

Anger, sarcasm, prejudice....we all do it at times without realizing until it's too late. That's just human nature. The deliberately hostile posts are uncalled for though, and the worst in my opinion.

Answer 5

I don't believe people make mistakes when asking questions because questions are heart adjustments...it is a portal to do inner-maintenance.

Even when people ask questions for ill-intent--to be funny, to mock others, just to be bored...there is still something inside that makes them ask THAT particular question, and still something that a wise person can extract from the question to do something good for that person or for someone else whose heart sincerely wants the answer.

Inarticulately formed questions can also be answered--by the articulate intellectual. We have solved intricate mysteries and cracked codes from languages of long ago--surely we have conquered typographical, grammatical and spelling errors and can decipher a poorly formed question!

Answer 6

They don't take the time to form the question properly and they don't bother to spell check. Once you assume someone is an idiot you're less likely to supply a thoughtful answer.

I have seen rude, racist, stupid and intolerably immature questions here but I've also seen people go to extraordinary lengths to help a total stranger out.

Also, I think you should be sincere and really care about getting your question answered, or else why waste your time and everyone else's?

Good question! Maybe there should be a question and answer primer!

Answer 7

Two things...
1- Questions aren't clear enough. (Not enough information given to be able to answer.)

2- Too many spelling errors. It makes people look unintelligent. (Especially when there's a "check spelling" button right above the box, that only takes a second to use.)

Answer 8

Well I guess some will say we are too vague, but when we try to tell the whole story we tend to be more criticized.

Answer 9

Questions are often too vague. The problem is that if you don't understand what you are asking, it can be very difficult to phrase it properly.

Answer 10

I feel that some questions come from very narrow minded people. People assuming that they know EVERYTHING. There is only one correct point of view - theirs. Lack of respect for something that they are not familiar with and refusing to be flexible.