Take a look at the US overall leaderboard...
dukalink6000 who joined YA on 19 April 06. In 227 days he's answered a mind whopping 60844 questions; an average of 268 answers a day. Assuming for 8 hours sleep and hour for each for breakfast, lunch and dinner an average of 21 answers per hour 7 days a week.
I find the implications of this frightening.
2006-12-02 08:53:10 · 15 answers · asked by Biz 2 in Health ➔ Mental Health
I have only been using YA actively for the last few days and ...erm... noticed that I was spending more and more time on it. I stumbled on the statistics because I can't answer anymore questions today since I've reached the limit! I didn't single anyone out since Yahoo publishes the information. Perhaps it might of been nicer if they asked first because it does bring up privacy issues.
2006-12-02 09:18:18 · update #1
I happen to agree with Wise 1 on this matter, but the honest truth is that I no longer have a life.
A series of traamatic experiences over the summertime forced me to abandon a lot of what i did to avoid a serious depression.
As it stands, this si a way that I get some sort of satisfaction with what I do with my life.
Sad? Yes. Pathetic? Perhaps.
But i would like to know why folks like Richard (1st place) and Judasrabbi (3rd place) do not seem to garner the attention that I "merit". I'm not whining on; enquiring minds want to know
Personally, I have no problems in answering these types of questions. For the time being, let's just put me down as a pleasant maniac who is trying to find a kind of balance in his misbalanced life
PS I find the implications just as frightening
2006-12-04 01:24:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 17⤊ 0⤋
I've been on it since the Spring and reached level 7 the other day. It can be almost addictive...when its slow at work I'll often pop in and answer some questions...when I'm home with nothing particular to do (like now) I've often got the TV on and will play around on answers or various chat sites I belong to.
Are the top users emotionally/mentally healthy? I think they are probably fine...perhaps just bored, shy, or lacking in social skills so find online communication easier.
Also consider that top person you mentioned may have had a huge number of answers that consisted of merely one word. That takes some of the "wow" out of it...now if each answer was well thought out and several sentences long, that would be...a whole lot of typing. LOL!
2006-12-02 09:26:56 · answer #2 · answered by . 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why are you focusing on dukalink6000? Any reason? Possibly s/he's a student, unemployed, or has a really easy desk job where there's enough time to answer questions.
However, you have to consider quality--are they good answers or is this just to get points?
But the numbers are....wow.
2006-12-02 09:00:07 · answer #3 · answered by wdaz 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
why is this in the fish area? time-honored age i assume is teenager around 13-sixteen years old. what brings them right here? a million. the element equipment- human beings think of it quite is a activity the place ease the extra factors you have the extra constructive you're. ( wager you may call it stupidity ) 2. the quantity of trolls ( theirs maximum of trolls and a few sections even tolerate it ) different then that i see no reason at the back of teenagers that age to dangle around right here if no longer severe. majority of them basically troll from what I relatively have considered for the previous few years being on right here. you may think of they could be sensible sufficient to end trolling and advance up yet on my own get bored of signing up for sparkling money owed each time they have been given banned. i assume all and sundry is basically that stupid now a days to be taught from their blunders and advance up. i'm getting quite some hate mail for being reasonable with trolls lol and that they checklist me. some even harrase me basically as a results of fact I relatively have a "ideal contributor" it quite is humorous as hell
2016-10-17 15:08:07 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, that is insane. I would like to believe they find ways of cheating by creating another email address asking questions and giving themselves best answers. Or having other people answer questions for them. I doubt thats what happens but let me dream lol
2006-12-02 09:04:51 · answer #5 · answered by incubabe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow you are good..and I thought I had no life..He probably had a LOT of best answers and very few or no questions..It really doesn't take long to add up if you give short answers. I give long thought out answers.
2006-12-02 08:58:32 · answer #6 · answered by chilover 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, we are not healthy - we are bored. I just took up smoking to lose the 5lbs I have gained sitting on my *** answering questions. I need to get a life. But, for some reason it fun.
2006-12-02 09:03:42 · answer #7 · answered by sandra g 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a good point, but rather frightening that you took the time to look it up, figure it out, and post it!
2006-12-02 09:00:40 · answer #8 · answered by curiositycat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are the Borg. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile, because Y!A is so freakin addictive.
We're doomed.
2006-12-02 09:07:07 · answer #9 · answered by Wise1 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
that is a bit frightening. maybe dukalink6000 doesn't have much of a life. i think i feel a tad bit sorry for him/her!!
2006-12-02 08:56:44 · answer #10 · answered by maggie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋