Why do some people only answer the first line??

Question

Instead of reading the whole question which often puts a different light on what you're asking?

Hardtimes - I like it

Gandalfs ..... why does an intelligent person pick such a daft name?

Answer 1

First line of what/????

Answer 2

The reperesentative IQ of the modal average Yahoo Answers answerer is barely detectable. It's a minor miracle that they can actually make the computer work at all. Judging by the "replies", I'd have to guess it's because they are not sufficientlty literate to read the question, but make a random guess as to what's being asked from words they recognise from the front page of the Sun/ Daily Mail. They use the tag line for this and assume the rest is just small print.

Answer 3

I think some people stop reading after the first line.

Answer 4

Y!A is a place for well thought out answers. And to do that you have to read the WHOLE question. That's like giving HALF and answer.
Believe me, it drives me craaaazyy.

Answer 5

Because some of the questions are longer than some books that I have read.

Answer 6

They are too lazy or just plain ignore it to get an easy 2 points.

Answer 7

Short attention span.

Or it is the same as most conversation where people talk and don't listen?

Answer 8

Selective vision.

Answer 9

Hey----- that's what I would like to know, but it's so easy to read the first line and start typing--------------

Answer 10

short attention span