I guess this is an Online "no-no"? I figure if I saw the question and it's going to take me a minute to answer, I can enter "answering"... or else you're going to get a crappy answer from me!
2007-07-28 01:25:27 · 7 answers · asked by jane 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Yeah, it's kind a "no-no" here. When answering, you're supposed to just answer the question, no matter how long it takes to type. (I've been known to spend 45 minutes on some responses! They end up on the second page sometimes. But it's usually those that get best answer.) The person who asked the question will read it, and if it's picked as the best one, everyone who sees the question will read it. There's no contest to being first to answer:) Take your time.
2007-07-28 01:42:06 · answer #1 · answered by Avie 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
There is no need to do this; most people leave their question open for hours if not days, and there's no prize for the first answer. The only place I've heard of this practice is on role-playing forums, where any player could write a part of the story; if several people were typing the next part of the story at once, the storyline would split up. Anywhere else, just type your answer and don't worry about how long it will take. Most questioners & voters will still read it; I'm rarely among the first answerers but I still have a pretty decent 'best question' ratio.
2007-07-28 02:10:39 · answer #2 · answered by Sheriam 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Thumbs down is for while i think of somebody is being completely ridiculous or downright impolite and insulting. If human beings don't get a `thumbs down` for promulgating racial hatred, we could say, different human beings will look on the respond and picture that I and all of us accept as true with or have discovered no insult or undesirable feeling contained interior the respond. that would not look stable to the the remainder of he international and makes us all look heartless or detached. the countless rubbish spouted out in this section is disgusting to assert the least and to permit it pass `unthumbed` could be morally incorrect. Now, reporting is a distinctive matter. I one hundred% have self belief in freedom of speech, yet I even have had the main harmless solutions bumped off via the religista. How approximately, "particular somewhat" as `no longer an answer` ??? EDIT: a minimum of while you're transforming into thumbs in any path, you comprehend each and every physique is reading what you're saying, despite in the event that they don`t like it.
2016-11-10 10:37:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Well, some answerers do believe it is an online 'no-no' because other answerers don't think you are actually going to answer and only typed in a random word to get the 2 points.
2007-07-28 02:16:14 · answer #4 · answered by Melanie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As Maria said, it is called place-holding, and it is a violation. We all know that you are simply trying to get your answer to be the first answer, because frequently first answers tend to get more votes.
Why not go ahead and take the time to type out your real answer? Are you so obsessed with being first that you would rather cheat, instead of following the rules and taking the time to give quality answers, no matter where they are?
2007-07-28 02:06:36 · answer #5 · answered by ~RedBird~ 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
It's place-holding (typing a non-answer to get your answer higher up in the queue), and is a violation.
2007-07-28 01:29:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because you're cheating. Cheaters deserve thumbs down.
2007-07-28 01:52:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋