Have you ever considered, in a sense, the fact that we have all become voyeurs from...?

Question

being on here?
We get to sneak a peek into other peoples minds from behind the screen/monitor?

Thank you for your answers.

Answer 1

All implies the great many who use Yahoo Answers for whatever reasons they do so. The answer to 'all' would be no.

But...

But to narrow it down those who are perceptive enough to pay attention to other people's multiple replies through many questions then the answer is indeed a resounding yes.

When many of the same people respond to and reply to the same types of questions that you do then it's very easy to draw conclusions about their personalities and to be able to actually developer a fairly accurate profile of their lives.

An example: There are several psychologists who I've been able to know quite a bit about simply through their questions and through how they respond to other people's questions. Likewise, I can say the same thing about a half-dozen artists who reply on a regular basis in the painting section.

Answer 2

I'm with Michele on this one - I don't quite see the delinquency of voyeurism or exibitionism through yahoo answers. To some degree, it has become a bit of a gossip forum, but that wasn't what it was intended to be. You can get a sneak peek into other people's lives by reading a newspaper or even the Inquirer, but you wouldn't call that voyeurism, eh?

Answer 3

There is a considerable difference between voyeurism and exhibitionism.

If question-answering/viewing is considered voyeuristic, then question-asking may similarly be seen as exhibitionism.

Frankly, I don't subscribe to this idea. Y!A merely serves as a digital outlet for garden variety social interaction.