Are most people just lazy to read?

Question

I notice most short questions with little details get lots of answers. Most questions with more details get less answers. Seems to me most people are just lazy to ready. Your thoughts?

Answer 1

Yep. I agree. When I posted questions with lots of details, I received less answers. Short questions and less details seem to get tons of answers. You're right. People are freaking lazy :)

Answer 2

Possibly. The other possibility is that the long questions are repetitive in content or the content is not quite understandable. Personally I love to read everything from science fiction to quantum physics. I believe that most people just do what is easy. If things get too difficult they fade away. Take video games. I would much rather go paint balling than play war games. I would rather jump out of a plane than pretend to. I don't play video games dealing with swords and martial arts I do the real thing. One way takesenergy the other takes people sitting and letting the program have the fun. Sorry didn't mean to ramble.

Answer 3

Best advice would be to put the best stuff in the first paragraph of your replies here on Yahoo Answers!

For some reason reading long posts online or long magazine and newspaper articles is unpleasant for most people- we get bored. Put it in a book, though, and for those people who are interested, they're more likely to read the whole thing.

The key may be that when we buy a book on a subject we're probably very interested in that subject. But when we read an article we may just skim it because we're mildly intererested but not fascinated.

The same thing happens in newspaper and magazine reading, so journalists are taught to put the most important stuff in the first paragraph and the details that aren't as important in later paragraphs. The farther you go along in an article the fewer people are actually reading those paragraphs.

Answer 4

Questions with more details usually are a lot more specific, or hard to answer, allowing for a two, three sentence answer.

Questions with less details are usually much more general, thus allowing for a 7 page essay on questions like, "What is a cuttlefish?"

But you know, I agree somewhat, most people don't like to read. But it's oftentimes the people with the longer answers who DO like to read, and I think many times you get what you ask for. Many details means less people will answer, but the people who do answer will probably be better informed.

Answer 5

I answer both. I think a lot of people don't have the time to respond to long questions as there are to many points to consider that would need to be addressed to answer the question properly.

Short answers appeal to people because it is easy to get points for little work and the question is left open to the readers interpretation without finer detail I think this works well for most people as it is easier to put across their personal views rather then ones that need to be researched more.

Answer 6

I find that most of the questions with lots of details are the "what should I do about my boyfriend/girlfriend/sister/mother etc. ---here's the situation" and similar type of questions. They aren't so much looking for information as for advice, and that isn't what this forum is supposed to about. I try to pick questions to answer where I think I can contribute some helpful factual information--not just my personal opinion on a subject.

Answer 7

I hear what you're saying, cause it's true. When it comes down to it, this is a form of entertainment to most. Most people do this when they don't have much else to do at the time. It's not very entertaining for them to read through a lot of details, especially if they don't have to. Reading a whole page of details can be boring. When it's business, I have no problem reading a lot. In my lesiure time, I'd prefer not to.

Answer 8

Some of the detailed answers are personally opinionated. Most don't want to read a book from someone ,they just want a simple answer .

Answer 9

I actually find the questions with more details more interesting, personally. But yes, it does seem that the shorter questions get more answers. Maybe open-ended questions provoke more of a response in people?

Answer 10

I think its laziness and points. Sometimes the long questions are trite high school or early twenties dating questions, and those are all the same.
But I have noticed the more in depth or technical the question, and the more actual contemplation it requires to answer, fewer answers.
People are historically lazy and don't care.