Do the people that simply copy and paste the longest answer known to man really think the'll get best answer?

Question

They piss me off. Anyone that posts a really long answer...touche my friend.

I wonder if the people that gave me thumbs down like to cut and paste. The Popular Vote: if you write the answers all by yourself, that's excellent, I'm referring to the pseudo-intellectual posers that like to plagarize other people's work with the distant hope that someday they will be laid.

the money shot: Yeah, I hate people with cat avatars too, what's up with that? People with cat avatars are all twisted, sick serial killers you know. I wouldn't be surprised if they track people down and start kidnapping their pets...oh my I've gone off on a tangent haven't I?

Answer 1

case in point
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AiaNz6qRpRwR_ZEUCghNLsbsy6IX?qid=20061020080136AAVpVOU

see my comment explaining my choice.

nuf said

Answer 2

I don't mind long answers if it's not copy & pasted. I'll read through every word if the responder is obviously writing for him/herself. Some answers need more explanation, but even those that don't might take someone around the bend to get to an answer.

I'd never think best answer should go to C&P. I'd rather give it to someone with a 'wrong' or 'incorrect' answer that tried to answer it for themselves. (though I'd probably comment am aside to them about it.)

Some of us ramble from time to time, like me now, but that's okay. This sure ain't a copy & paste.

Oh, and I don't mind if they type out a couple blurbs from a site, as long as they include a link to that site as their source.

Answer 3

Some questions need long answers. Other questions need simple and direct answers such as "My boyfriend beats me, should I leave him?"

But a question asking "what is the life cycle of a moth" or "Why did the dinosaurs die out?" is going to require a longer answer and probably some research on the part of the questioner even after getting an answer.

Answer 4

Personally, I really dig cat avatars. I dislike the standard Yahoo avatars, and those that have no avatars bc that to me is just laziness. And so is cutting and pasting. Suffering from standard midwestern work ethic disorder, I loath laziness and lazy people. Right on for demanding originality and and concisness in your answers!

Answer 5

Yes

Answer 6

Yes

Answer 7

Well, well, we seem to be enimies then. I always post a long answer, trying to be very informative and helpful, and I've gotten four best answers in four days. I don't copy paste though. Nobody else is smart as me so it wouldn't do any good. So, just to annoy you, I thought about going on and on about why they do and why they think it's real important, but I have nochance of getting best answer that way so I'll stop here. (stop)

Answer 8

I hate people that just go straight to wikipedia.com to copy and paste these freakin' novels. That's will earn ya a big fat Thumbs Down on MY questions! So there! *sticking out tongue*

Answer 9

They are either bipolar and off their meds or they really think we're hear to read essays. Me? I come to YA for the entertainment factor. I don't want a link, or spam, or a schizophrenic rant. I just want to know what YOU think or what YOU think you know. I would use credible resources if I wanted facts.

Answer 10

I received one answer that was so long that I couldn't get to the answers after it. I gave up reading it after the first paragraph. I agree with you. I don't bother with answers that simply regurgitate Wikipedia.

Answer 11

The History of the Philippines begins with the arrival of the first humans by land bridges at least 30,000 years ago, while the first recorded history of the Philippines was scripted by Europeans beginning with the arrival of Ferdinand Magellan on Homonhon Island, southeast of Samar on March 16, 1521. Permanent settlements in the island of Cebu were established with the expedition of Miguel López de Legazpi in 1565, and more settlements continued northward with the colonizers reaching the bay of Manila on the island of Luzon. In Manila they established a new town and thus attempted Spanish colonization that lasted for more than three centuries.

The Philippine Revolution against Spain began in April of 1876, culminating two years later with a proclamation of independence and the establishment of the First Philippine Republic. The Spanish continually operated with misdirection and blanket promises of peace, followed by attacks on the Moro and Mohammedanism. The Spanish never truly controlled more than 25% of the Islands, and were for the most part reduced to withdrawing in their forts as nearly every bout with the Moro people ended in terrible loss. However, the Treaty of Paris in 1898, at the end of the Spanish-American War, transferred control of the Philippines to the United States, which is intruiging as ownership was not theirs to give. U.S. colonial rule of the Philippines began in December 1898, with very limited local rule permitted beginning in 1905. Partial autonomy (commonwealth status) was granted in 1935, preparatory to a planned full independence from the United States in 1945. But what was envisioned as a 10-year transition period from a commonwealth to a fully sovereign state was interrupted by the Japanese occupation of the islands during the Pacific War. Full independence was only granted to the Philippines in July 1946.

With a promising economy in the 1950s and 1960s second in the region only to Japan, the Philippines in the late 1960s and early 1970s saw a rise of student activism and civil unrest against the corrupt dictatorship of President Ferdinand Marcos who declared martial law in 1972. Because of close friendship ties between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and President Marcos, the U.S. government continued to support Marcos even though his administration was well-known for massive corruption and extensive human rights abuses. The peaceful and bloodless 1986 EDSA Revolution brought about the ousting of Marcos (who fled to Hawai'i on board a U.S. military helicopter, where he was exiled until his death) and a return to democracy for the country. The period since then, however, has been marked by political instability and hampered economic productivity.