is there any value in asking questions that will get 100+ replies? arent those the most simplistic questions?

Question

the sort of questions that are going to generate replies from which you will learn absolutely nothing?

Answer 1

Fair point but what category does this question fall within, what do you hope to learn?

Answer 2

I don't know. The only questions I've seen that get more than 100 replies (actually more than 100,000!) are those asked by celebrities. Which I guess proves it's not what you know but who you know because if it hadn't been Oprah asking about helping a stranger or Leo di Caprio asking about global warming the questions probably would have elicited about 20 replies...

I don't think that people always ask questions because they want to learn anything of value. Sometimes it's just for entertainment or curiosity to see what people will say.

I believe you can always learn something even from silly replies. Or sometimes you get a chuckle at least. That's worth something.

Answer 3

That 100+ replies were elicited means that the question sparked something in people. Even if the question served to connect 100 ppl I think it is justified. It is not a competition to ask complicated & obtruse questions.

Answer 4

Learning's great, but it doesn't always have to be about learning. Besides, one can learn that there are 100+ people who think the way you do (and you'd be surprised at how surprising that can be), plus a few that joggle your mind with a different point of view, and widen your scope a little.

Answer 5

The simplest questions are oftentimes the most difficult to answer.
For instance a young child's dog dies and he asks,"WHY".
Simple question, hard to answer in a manner that gives the child comfort and understanding.
Besides that questions are the first step to learning, no matter how simple.

Answer 6

I've seen what you're talking about, and I think the reason they ask those questions is they WANT 100+ replies. They want attention to add excitement and a fifteen minutes of fame to their otherwise dull and boring lives. Ignore them

Answer 7

These questions aren't necessarily simplistic, just the most popular. You can always answer the less popular questions for yourself.

Answer 8

If you ask a question where you have learned nothing, then you sould learn that you asked the wrong question.

Answer 9

Generally these are the questions to which no definite answer is known to anyone!!

Answer 10

you are asking a qstn.no one responds.do u feel happy or disappointed?
the maxm. the people's support,the maxm. energetic u are.
even qstn. is simple or complicated, the happiness will burst the mind seeing people's response.they are encouraging us. to show the same, they r actively replying to u'r qstns.