Hi, I'm Andy. I'm a Yahoo Answers addict. (Hi, Andy.) Yeah, well, I realize that I spend too much time on Yahoo Answers, and I would like to know how to recover from the desire to ask personally relevant questions for personally relevant responses, and to answer other people's questions with my own personal touch. Why do I love Yahoo Answers so much and what can I do to establish more balance in my life with respect to Yahoo Answers?
2006-10-18 04:22:57 · 11 answers · asked by Andy 4 in Social Science ➔ Sociology
My work demands that I use the computer always and I love to answer questions and be of help to others. I'm afraid that Yahoo Answers provides a connection to society where people help each other out with personal interest, which resonates very strongly with me. It's a good thing that I'm turning to a helpful, caring community for assistance with the strong desire to help and care for others before I get like a few thousand points or something, or exceed earning 80-100 points in a single week.
2006-10-18 04:34:40 · update #1
b97st,
I spend a lot of time on my answers. My points are earned with a substantial amount of thought, humor, personal touch, and experience.
2006-10-18 04:41:54 · update #2
Well, Andy, I must say that Yahoo Answers is a very healthy (and FREE!) addiction compared to other popular choices, such as video games, smoking, watching reruns on television, or drinking.
What's so different about Yahoo Answers is that it's like talking to friends on your own terms. It's learning on your own terms and being rewarded for it. This might sound nerdy, but I like to go into the categories I DON'T know much about. That way if I see a question I don't know an answer to, I can look it up online and provide and answer, and in the meantime, I'm also learning something new.
Yahoo Answers is simply a healthy pastime. Be proud to have a mind like yours that likes to learn, socialize, help answer questions, and grab some points while you're doing these things ;)
2006-10-18 04:47:43 · answer #1 · answered by A 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm totally addicted too. I wouldn't worry about it too much there are so many worse things that we could be addicted to!
Unless you may get in trouble at work over it or it affects your personal life then I wouldn't worry about it. I mean if your friend asks you to lunch and you decline only to sit and answer questions on yahoo then it's a problem. If not then don't worry!
:)
2006-10-18 12:14:44 · answer #2 · answered by Amaya 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Stop touching your computer for 3 days. After that, use it in moderate like 3-5 hrs per day and shut it off after that. You are the only one who can get rid of the addiction so good luck.
2006-10-18 11:25:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can't be that addicted. Your only on Level 2. I'm on Level 4 and I only joined about 6 weeks ago!
So why have you only got 9 best answers??? I'm not having a go, just wondering..
2006-10-18 11:36:52 · answer #4 · answered by b97st 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm an addict too. There is no recovering from it except maybe to go cold turkey and unplug your computer.
2006-10-18 11:31:07 · answer #5 · answered by Niecy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Turn off the computer and get outside. That's a start.
2006-10-18 11:30:14 · answer #6 · answered by northernbornsoutherner 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi andy, sorry u can't recover frm this addiction it's so good to b on this site, u can learn a lot of things on this site.
2006-10-18 11:26:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just answer boring and irrelevant questions then you'll never be here as long as you used to.
2006-10-18 11:28:00 · answer #8 · answered by lanisoderberg69 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Resolve your yahoo answers addiction with crack or meth.........it works!
2006-10-18 11:30:26 · answer #9 · answered by kiki 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
just get off it all together lmao
2006-10-18 11:24:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋