More importantly...if they dont have one why not? I mean is it not the land of the free .....so long as you dont talk about it?
2006-11-28 01:08:20 · 19 answers · asked by michael s 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
This most definitely is the UK Answers site, not US. The clues are in the 'Yahoo! UK & Ireland' logo, and the 'uk.answers.yahoo.com' URL. The US site is 'answers.yahoo.com'.
To someone or other who pointed out that this isn't yahoo.co.uk - that's very true, but only because there is no yahoo.co.uk. All requests to yahoo.co.uk will redirect to uk.yahoo.com, requests to yahoo.co.fr will redirect to fr.yahoo.com, etc.
A bit unintuitive, yes, but the big fat YAHOO UK & IRELAND logo should be a bit of a giveaway really.
2006-11-28 01:44:23 · answer #1 · answered by Captain Flaps 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I use Answers U.K., but there are days when I can't find any question I know enough about or feel strongly enough about. So, being in that answering mood - you know the kind of thing, I won't be able to rest until I've answered some poor soul's question .... So then I go the U.S. Answers and can't answer anything either! No, just kidding ... I have found someone there (guess I can't say her name) who posts lots of fun questions in the entertainment category, and it gives my brain a really great work-out. I have seen the same type of question on the U.K. platform once or twice, but this asker posts them constantly. I know there are a lot of questions which appear simultaneously on both platforms, but hers are only on the U.S. one.
But if nothing works there, I try Aus. N.Z. or S. Africa, because it will be in English.
So maybe Americans feel the same?
I agree with the person who said it would help a lot if the answerer stated where they from or where they lived (and the asker too!) When I first started this, there were less people doing it, and everyone was hopping over borders. It got confusing, especially with questions about legal matters etc.
So, in my case, I am British but I live in Japan. I like to join Answers because it keeps me informed about what has changed back home (for better and worse) and because I can answer some questions from a different perspective than other people. And it helps me when I start to feel homesick.
And thanks for asking this question. That means I won't be visiting the U.S. platform tonight ...
2006-11-28 01:45:51 · answer #2 · answered by kiteeze 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scrolled down to the bottom of this page and you will find a row of international flags. The whole point of the site is to get answers from all over the world. A better question might be: "Why are there only British and American people on an international site"?
2006-11-28 01:14:48 · answer #3 · answered by KD 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The questions/answers are classified depending on the language. It´s the same with yahoo-Spain, the South-American people are classified with us also.
2006-11-28 01:22:30 · answer #4 · answered by *GLORY* 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Isn't UK a state of US, or Oceania's Airstrip One?
2006-11-28 02:43:40 · answer #5 · answered by Shuvarek 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
the option bar at the bottom say
UK and Ireland Question & All English question.
This is "uk.answers.yahoo.com" not "answers.yahoo.com"
I have answered many US question.
If the question is about UK politics or events etc, and they provide a view, just ignore it, its normally irrelevant
2006-11-28 01:18:55 · answer #6 · answered by speedball182 3 · 4⤊ 2⤋
They do, but they don't notice if they stray onto the UK one.
2006-11-28 05:17:37 · answer #7 · answered by sashs.geo 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's the internet gremlins. I set them free.
Sorry.
2006-11-28 01:34:28 · answer #8 · answered by jonafonwoss 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Any one can answer from anywhere. It would be useful if the questioner made it obvious where she/he was from if relevant to the question.
2006-11-28 01:24:45 · answer #9 · answered by Yeti 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
The more points of view the better i say.... but cultural
2006-11-28 01:11:08 · answer #10 · answered by ambrose02476 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋