Why don't people answer opinion based questions?

Answer 1

Maybe because the good ones are harder :P

Exactly. Almost all the questions on this site are one of two types:

- incredibly easy, trivial, stuff you either just know or can look up online in about 10 seconds. Those get answered.

- very, very difficult, complicated questions requiring a whole essay to answer with any degree of seriousness. Those don't get answered very often because they require expertise or at least some thought, research and work. When they are answered, the answers aren't usually very good.

You can have two things when it comes to information, but never all three:

- free/cheap

- fast

- good/reliable

You want good information fast? It is expensive, not free like this site.

You want good information cheap? Go to the library or do the research yourself.

You want bad or superficial information? You'll find it at cheap, fast sites like this.

This site is best for things that don't happen to be online yet and don't require expensive expertise - like how to fix some particular object or where to buy some product etc. That is stuff some people know and others don't, but simply because of chance experience, not because of research or training. If some reader just happens to know and stumbles across this site, you're in luck. Otherwise, see above.

Answer 2

It depends on when someone gets around to it. I asked a question on Sept. 29th that I still haven't gotten an answer to. It also helps to put your question in the right category. I have questions on this same category, "Questions about WikiAnswers Website". I hope this helped. Best of everything.

Answer 3

There are several reasons questions do not get answered in a timely manner here on WikiAnswers.

One of the most common reasons is not placing the question in the right category.

Asking a relationship question in say...Bebo, Pokemon or unrelated categories will only invite vandalism or nonsense answers. If you want a serious answer to a serious question you must attempt to place that question into the correct category.

Another major reason is many contributors only answer questions that have not yet been answered. Re-stating your question into the answer area will show up as the question already answered and many contributors will not even open the question to look at it.

Try forming your questions differently and with correct spelling...not internet slang and acronyms as it puts many contributors off even looking. Do everything you can to make the question interesting and attract an answer.

Answer 4

Some questions require no answer. These are referred to as rhetorical questions. Sometimes people do not answer questions because the question is confusing, worded poorly, or they simply do not know the answer.

Answer 5

Because They will keep being changed by people who think different things.

Answer 6

We DO answer questions ! YOU simply have to remember this is NOT a live site - you need to be patient in waiting for the person with the right knowledge to answer !