How can yahoo users not care that some chosen answers are not impossible right?
February 16th, 2008
Eva Selena asked:
Every time I see an incorrect answer that couldn’t possibly be true and it was chosen, it depresses me. Have you ever watch the Canadian tv comedy variety show “This Hour Has 22 Minutes” where reporter Rick Mercer goes to the US and asks US citizens ridiculous questions to dupe them into showing their lack of knowlege of Canadian goverment and politics? I’ve heard that “ignorance is bliss”, but aren’t we taking it too far??? Why don’t people care?
I must have been tired. Heh, heh. I meant to say “How can yahoo users not care that that the best answers are actually wrong or simply impossible?” Thanks for ignoring the slip up. These answers are pretty good. It will be hard one to choose…
Bulk O,
I have to disagree with you because not everybody has friends or family who have the expertise to answer technical questions. In addition, for psychological questions, many people prefer a non-judgemental answer which means they prefer not to tell their friends and family and they want a serious answer.
There’s so many pitfalls in this world and but atruism does exist.
The good thing in life is there are some absolutely nice people out there with real advice for people with real problems. In life, I’ve seen people help strangers.I take the yahoo seriously because there’s lot of crap out there in this world. If people need help, why can’t an expert help them if it costs is a little time to type in a thoughtful response. I wish people who half heartedly not know what the answer is, to refrain from answering. I believe there are a lot of bad and a lot of good. Man and woman should be helping each other out, not discouraging them from trying to find an honest way out.
I just find it absolutely selfish that people would not help people but themselves. I try to answer all the questions with sincerity and effort because people wouldn’t be asking them for nothing. If someone wants to ask something like what’s the weather like right now, say in New York, then if they didn’t know anyone who lived there or how to find the information on the Internet and some prankster gives a false information, I’d say that was mean, but if more people said the same thing, that is even more cruel. Information is valuable. Most people agree they want quick, honest answers from experts but it’s not always easy for everyone to. People who give dumb or sarcastic answers are just wasting other people’s time and they should just get their kicks somewhere else.
P.S. When I talk about altruism, the self-sacrifice I am talking about is a few minutes of ones time to write a very thoughtful answer. If you’re an expert in a particular area where you know the answer, the better! Sharing your expertise is the best gift one can give in this world. What comes around, goes around. Maybe someone will help you return, even though they don’t know you. Selfishness and cynicalism annoys me more than Rick Mercer trying to prove how ignorant citizens are about Canada.
Every time I see an incorrect answer that couldn’t possibly be true and it was chosen, it depresses me. Have you ever watch the Canadian tv comedy variety show “This Hour Has 22 Minutes” where reporter Rick Mercer goes to the US and asks US citizens ridiculous questions to dupe them into showing their lack of knowlege of Canadian goverment and politics? I’ve heard that “ignorance is bliss”, but aren’t we taking it too far??? Why don’t people care?
I must have been tired. Heh, heh. I meant to say “How can yahoo users not care that that the best answers are actually wrong or simply impossible?” Thanks for ignoring the slip up. These answers are pretty good. It will be hard one to choose…
Bulk O,
I have to disagree with you because not everybody has friends or family who have the expertise to answer technical questions. In addition, for psychological questions, many people prefer a non-judgemental answer which means they prefer not to tell their friends and family and they want a serious answer.
There’s so many pitfalls in this world and but atruism does exist.
The good thing in life is there are some absolutely nice people out there with real advice for people with real problems. In life, I’ve seen people help strangers.I take the yahoo seriously because there’s lot of crap out there in this world. If people need help, why can’t an expert help them if it costs is a little time to type in a thoughtful response. I wish people who half heartedly not know what the answer is, to refrain from answering. I believe there are a lot of bad and a lot of good. Man and woman should be helping each other out, not discouraging them from trying to find an honest way out.
I just find it absolutely selfish that people would not help people but themselves. I try to answer all the questions with sincerity and effort because people wouldn’t be asking them for nothing. If someone wants to ask something like what’s the weather like right now, say in New York, then if they didn’t know anyone who lived there or how to find the information on the Internet and some prankster gives a false information, I’d say that was mean, but if more people said the same thing, that is even more cruel. Information is valuable. Most people agree they want quick, honest answers from experts but it’s not always easy for everyone to. People who give dumb or sarcastic answers are just wasting other people’s time and they should just get their kicks somewhere else.
P.S. When I talk about altruism, the self-sacrifice I am talking about is a few minutes of ones time to write a very thoughtful answer. If you’re an expert in a particular area where you know the answer, the better! Sharing your expertise is the best gift one can give in this world. What comes around, goes around. Maybe someone will help you return, even though they don’t know you. Selfishness and cynicalism annoys me more than Rick Mercer trying to prove how ignorant citizens are about Canada.
I believe in people doing things for the greater good of everyone and improving this environment and the people in it. If someone can share a little knowledge that costs a mere 5 minutes of one’s time without expecting a reward, that’s what I real hero.