Don't you just love when on R&S..............?

Question

you post a question directed to a certain group of people
{i.e Christians, Jews, Muslims, Atheists...}

and EVERYONE that is NOT of that faith answers the question? Doesn't that just irk you? Obviously if you wanted a Christians perspective on a Muslim belief, you would direct it at them? or vice versa?

Meat Bot, well for starters, I'm asking questions about a faith I do not know. For Christians to answer it isn't making me learn anything new. For Muslims to answer would be something new. But I'm not getting that!

Answer 1

So, fix the problem yourself. If you want to direct a question towards atheist, ask for Christians in the title question.

Answer 2

Why would it ? It's an open forum.

If this were the only problem here this would be the perfect forum. I frankly think the most absurd thing about YA is that the asker gets to pick a "best answer". How can questions of opinion have a best "best answer" and if the asker doesn't know the answer how are they qualified to pick which is best? And of course every asker proves this by picking the answer that most closely echoes their own opinion.

Top problems with YA
Stars, points and levels: They make YA little more than a competition for points which leads to dumb questions and answers.

Voting: Including picking a 'best answer'. Particularly in sections where it's all opinion this makes no sense. It makes YA nothing more than a soapbox where askers select who will join them on the soapbox.

Format: The questions go by so fast that YA is nothing more than hit & run opinion. You can't get real answers here.

Answer 3

why do people get their panties in a bunch over this? It's a public forum. Isn't it wrong to exclude the majority on a public forum? If you want people of a certain faith to answer your questions, then visit them directly. After all, even if someone professes to be something on the internet....they may not be that in real life.

Answer 4

A) It's called freedom of speech
B) I get the impression you only want people to give answers that agree with your opinion.
C) This is a free website for the free exchange of ideas and opinions.

So no it doesn't irk me as I can repsect other peoples point of views.

Answer 5

You asked a question directed towards whomever, you do not get to banned others from answering. You can filter the answers.

Answer: Take whatever answers that serve you and leave the rest.

Answer 6

That's why you rate with the thumbs honey. The thumbs down then close for you by default and you can easily get to the answers it is that you seek.

Answer 7

tough, this is a community board. you are asking a question in public and not a private chat session. it is posted and nothing is required to not answer whatever you puke out. if you don't like people answering your questions, go somewhere else.

Answer 8

yeah but, then you get used to it and they do have a point---this site is for everybody so you just learn to ignore the really obnoxious ones and then every once in a while you see a very valid point from one who you did not expect it

Answer 9

Actually I do find it kind of refreshing to realize that this is a cultural/religiously diverse forum. Maybe you should stop leaving groups of people out of your questions.

Answer 10

Well, instead of letting it get you in a bad mood, just click the thumbs down on those - it'll hide those answers so you don't have to look at them. :)