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Why do people use WikiAnswers for things they could easily and quickly look up themselves?
Some askers are children who ask strange and silly questions. Perhaps teenagers or adults might think it's a dumb question when it's actually most likely an innocent child just being him or her self.
Sometimes it is a problem with language, there are many people from all over the world asking questions and getting answers from WikiAnswers and some have less command of the English language than others. They may be using a translation tool to phrase the question in English for them and the intended question does not always come through the online translation tools.
Sometimes people are being funny or asking rhetorical questions to see how others answer. Other times the question may seem dumb to you, but to others it could be very serious. So be diplomatic in your answers and remember that no questions are dumb questions, unless you already know the answer to it.
WikiAnswers contributors work very hard to give good answers to all questions with these possibilities in mind.
What else can I help you with?
How smart is WikiAnswers?
depends on the person answering the question, wikianswers is not run by a computer, but people who know the answer can just answer questions themselves.
How can people get contributions easily on WikiAnswers?
Unflagging and editing, and categorization are probably the easiest.
How can we change WikiAnswers to include answers which direct people to the resources which will help them answer the question themselves aka teach people how to learn?
By changing WikiAnswers into the Google homepage.
Why do some people give inappropriate answers on WikiAnswers?
Children like to shock themselves and others.
Why don't people answer your questions on WikiAnswers?
We at WikiAnswers do our very best to answer questions correctly and quickly. There are new questions submitted every second, so this is a never ending process.
What motivation do people have to troll WikiAnswers?
Some feel they need to be seen or heard. Those are the teenage trolls. They are easily weeded out by supervisors.
Why is WikiAnswers so famous?
WikiAnswers is a great website for asking questions and getting answers. When someone has a question, WikiAnswers is one of the places they can go to get an answer. Answers on WikiAnswers also rank high on search engine results for many questions, so people can easily find out about the website while searching Google
How do you use the 'hashtag' on twitter?
The hashtag is generally used with trending topics. This is so people can search for a specific term using the hashtag. For example, using #wikianswers in tweets would allow people to more easily find tweets that mention WikiAnswers.
Why does wikianswers have no purpose and completely a pointless waste of space?
if its such a waste of space and pointless then why use it, it is used to get people the information they need quickly and efficiently
How can you become a great person to talk to so everyone wants to talk to you?
Get people to talk about themselves. If you have a knack for getting people to talk to you about themselves, you will quickly get a reputation as a "great conversationalist".
What modern medium allows hoaxes to spread quickly and easily to a large number of people?
The internet.
Why do people bully on WikiAnswers?
Because they want to feel good about themselves so they make you feel bad Or because you write questions like this.
