People are looking for the answer to their question. If it does not work with one question, another ay give you what you want. i am probably one of the worst, and i do it because i need the answer and am not sure what website I would be able to find it on elsewhere.
Our community of users answers questions on Answers.com
Yahoo Answers gets its answers from its users. Typically users use sites such as Wikipedia or WebMD to find the answers to the questions being asked.
A wiki is a site where users collaborate on information. WikiAnswers is a question and answer wiki, where users collaborate on questions and answers.
Answers.com assembles its database of questions and answers from user-generated content. Therefore, the users of Answers.com create the questions.
Anyone (except blocked users) can come and ask questions and provide answers. The site is a wiki, which basically means that we are all answering each other's questions as a community.
We have both. Most users though want just correct answers.
Banning users, removing questions and answers, find vandals, supervise categories and merging and splitting answers
Answers in this website are given by members and anonymous users. Members give answers based on their own experience and knowledge. So it will be true. Although with anonymous users we may never know.
No. All questions and answers are visible to all users.
There is a website by Google called Google Answers which has been retired and no longer accepts new questions. However, you can search or browse the existing Google Answers index and view the previously asked questions by the users.
Yes, unregistered users can answer questions on WikiAnswers but only registered users are able to edit answers.
WikiAnswers can be untrustworthy because there are vandals who decide to spam questions, or users who answer questions that they do not know the answers of. However, there are many users on WikiAnswers who are experts on a topic or do research for a question and can be considered trustworthy.