Why do people cut and paste there answers?when reading its so much more interesting to hear peoples experiences .although it takes time to type out.
2006-10-25 21:40:14 · 27 answers · asked by Carol B 5 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
To all the people who have a problem with Carol B's question, your the lazy ones and she's right for asking and to the person who said "This in not Yahoo Opinions..." It's a question, it's worded as a question and it ends in a question mark!!
As for cut and paste - if I wanted to see a reproduction of a web site, I would do the research myself. Carol B asked the question because she couldn't research on it. Questions get asked because they want probably want personal opinions and experiences. I think it's a good question because extensive (and I stress extensive) cut and pasting peeves me off too!
2006-10-26 13:31:57 · answer #1 · answered by Mezza 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Personally, I only copy and paste if the source says what I want to explain clearly and concisely and I use only the part that applies to the question. I usually only do it for scientific explanations or song lyrics and I always cite the source. If the explanation takes more than a paragraph from a source, I simply provide the link and say that I think it has the best information and provide a very short summary if I can.
I think people copy and paste because they think the answer they found is the best but they don't want to take the time to paraphrase or summarize or edit. I can understand why they would want to but most times, if a person is asking here, it's because they didn't understand what they read or they want a personal opinion on something.
2006-10-26 05:16:26 · answer #2 · answered by Kuji 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the question.
I'm no academic and i don't always believe what they tell me. But i do believe many are just talking out of their backsides. So i read a lot and but not always put into words what i have read or just don't have the time to into details. If Wikipedia or someone else can provide a concise and clear paragraph where i would need 5 paragraphs i will mix and match cut and paste with my own words.
I am a perfectionist when it comes to writing stuff down so it takes me forever to get it right and that is very time-consuming. So when it comes to purely personal experience you'd be hard-pushed to get more than 10 lines from me. Normally speaking :-)
2006-10-26 05:58:12 · answer #3 · answered by Part Time Cynic 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If the answerer feels the question can be given the same answer as he provided previously or the source of information cannot be summarized (for example, googled information), then why not just cut and paste it? If the question requires further details though, the previous answer or the information as posted on the web can still be cut and pasted but with additional modifications or details.
This mainly concerns time-saving... but not exactly meaning giving a poor answer.
2006-10-26 04:54:03 · answer #4 · answered by Mike N. D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know, i assume they think they are helping.
But its turning YA into a manual search system, one step back from google.
YA was originally set up so people could share thier knowledge and experiences. It's obvious that some people use it as a first point of call because they can't be bothered using a search engine. Its also clear that some poeple cut the answers, paste into a search engine, and then cut and paste the first few URLs back into YA. They seem to have turned thier lives into a JAVA script...!!
2006-10-26 05:20:53 · answer #5 · answered by Michael H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Having been guilty of doing this on occassion, for me it is simply easier to copy and paste a detailed answer when it can better explain something than I can.
There have been a few times in lectures or talking with friends (more of the later really) where I have not quite understood something so I go home, look up my texts (does anyone ever do the assigned readings? :)) and then understand what they were talking about because they were unable to express it as clearly.
Yeah, I could probably leave it for someone who could answer it, but if I know where to look for the answer, why should I not point it out.
2006-10-26 04:51:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I never cut and paste my answer, but I do take information from sites such as wikipedia. I read it over and write it in the way I understand it.
It anoys me when people don't really read the question, and copy wikipedia spiel.
Eg, Q: What date did WW2 end?
Answerer 1: World War 2 began on.....(3 pages of the entire history of WW2)
couldn't you just read the wikipedia report and then tell us the date!????!
2006-10-26 05:52:25 · answer #7 · answered by genghis41f 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes, a question needs an actual answer as opposed to opinion or experience. If a question is: Who is the patron saint of England", you can't very well provide your experience. And, as you say, typing can take a lot of time.
2006-10-26 04:43:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I will cut and paste short bits of information, sometimes within my own framework and sometimes not; however, if the text I am referring to exceeds a certain length, to where it is disproportionately larger than the other answers, I will post a link. It's shorter; you can follow it or not, and you're not forced to use the scroll function to get past a looooooong academic spiel.
2006-10-26 09:29:31 · answer #9 · answered by Black Dog 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Funny, I thought this yesterday. Especially when it's a relatively simple question and the cut and past about 3 pages from Wikipedia. Yesterday someone asked why Heather Mill-McCartney was such a ho and someone pasted her whole biography. Get a life.
2006-10-26 04:50:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋