There are no bad answers. These are people's opinions.
Just because you may not be in agreement it doesn't make it a bad answer.
2007-04-13 02:10:26 · 16 answers · asked by Janelli 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Some people are too lazy to write a comment disagreeing with the answer. Also, it's human nature to assume that what you don't agree with is wrong, e.g. I don't agree with abortion, so abortion is wrong. Doesn't make sense, but it our tendency.
2007-04-13 15:50:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have used the thumbs up and down to indicate the information was not correct. One question asked what was appropriate to wear to a formal wedding. Several people answered "jeans," and some said "anything you want" I gave those answers a thumbs down.
The questioner must have wanted to hear that, because they chose one of those answers as best. Hope the bride's mother recovers from her stoke soon, after seeing this person show up in jeans at a formal wedding.
I have also used thumbs down to indicate I disagreed with an opinion, and have used it when an answer is mean, cruel, or just plain foul-mothed. I do not do this often, but I have done so.
I agree, "bad" is not the right word. Thank fully, there is the thumbs up and down method of rating, rather than bad or good ratings.
2007-04-13 04:56:33 · answer #2 · answered by riversconfluence 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Um, sometimes the answers on here aren't just opinions.
Sometimes there is indeed a right and a wrong answer. A wrong answer deserves thumbs downs so the questioner doesn't think it's the right answer.
Like when someone asked how the day that Easter falls on is determined and a person said that it is always between Good Friday and Easter Monday, or the person who said it is always the first Sunday of April. Those are wrong answers so they got the bad ratings they deserved.
Peace
2007-04-13 02:26:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not so. Many questions require answers that are specific and correct. A question about a fact demands a factual answer. I see many answers here that are just plain wrong, on a factual level. These are bad answers.
Not half an hour ago an answerer stated that falling stars, as in meteors are stars, like our sun, that are dying. This not just wrong, it's outright ignorant twaddle, and deserves, at least, a thumbs down.
I also reserve the right to give thumbs down to opinions I don't agree with. I certainly get plenty of them, myself, from people who don't agree with me, and I don't begrudge my detractors the right to do so. You don't like an opinion? Give 'em a thumbs down!
2007-04-13 02:22:18 · answer #4 · answered by DiesixDie 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
bad answer if it's off subject . also, if the question is asked for a specific group of people and someone outside that group answers then it can be a thumbs down. and some answerers don't read the complete Q and write an answer that the questioner specifically said not to write.
2007-04-13 02:34:44 · answer #5 · answered by robertbobbybob 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course there are bad answers! If someone asks a serious question, and someone else says "Go eat ----" I will hit that bad answers button very quickly.
Or, like the time someone asked what to do because their baby had a cold, and someone else answered "Give him a glass of bleach" I hit the bad answers button, and I did report that. Any advice that could hurt someone should not be allowed.
So, I guess I just disagreed with your question. Go ahead and "bad answer" me, if you want to.
2007-04-13 02:56:42 · answer #6 · answered by kiwi 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No; there are bad answers. Some people don't understand an issue and just shoot an answer out that is just plain incorrect; thus "bad". Some of these forums are looking for fact not opinion.
2007-04-13 02:14:41 · answer #7 · answered by wizjp 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I'll rate an answer bad if I'm positive the information given is in correct. An opinion is ok but to give suggestions or information that could be harmful or is completely bogus should be rated bad.
Just my opinion! LOL!
2007-04-13 02:17:25 · answer #8 · answered by Patricia S 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Actually, there are lots of bad answers. If people answer "I dunno!", that's a bad answer - why say anything at all if you don't know? If people just respond with abuse or name-calling, that's a bad answer. If people deliberately post off-topic, that's a bad answer. If people respond to a factual question with incorrect information, that's a bad answer.
I don't give thumbs-downs to people's opinions unless the opinions are deliberately offensive (eg racist, sexist, homophobic), but I do always give thumbs-downs to irrelevant, stupid and wrong answers.
2007-04-13 02:45:12 · answer #9 · answered by Saint Bee 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You don't necessarily rate it as bad. Maybe there is something that someone finds offensive like if someone wanted to answer this for you and they just called you offensive names or used profanity or were just soliciting for another site....then it deserves a low rating because they aren't helping you in any way and not taking your question seriously.
2007-04-13 02:14:31 · answer #10 · answered by *Heather* 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋