What do you think makes Yahoo! Answers so popular?
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i think it is the sense of community, but its also weirdly addicting.  once youve come on and maybe asked a question yourself.......you kinda sit there at first and wait for the answers to come back to you......so you look at some questions to answer for people in the mean time.  then you check more questions to see what people are writing about.  then your score keeps going up and that is pretty fun.  then you as another question and the process keeps going on.  thats how it happened for me anyways.  now i come on, even if im not asking questions just to see what people are asking about, and to see if my life experiences thus far can helpl anyone out!
1089853
I am addicted to Yahoo! Answers.  My boyfriend says I don't pay any attention to him anymore.  And it's TRUE!  I am obsessed with getting as many BEST answers as possible and getting to the next level so I can answer MORE questions and stay on longer each day!  AHHHHH!
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Provide unique content that can't be found anyplace else.  Link to many other similar fansites - they may link back to you.  Provide for some sort of user interact.\n\nThe number one way to make your site more popular though is to make it stand out apart from all the other Guild War fansites.
78546
the internet, and this yahoo!answers thingy cause then ppl would have sooooooo many qustions they would pop.
281938
i am most defienetly addicted to yahoo answers becuz the questions are fun to answer, i mean, it's like being an advisor! and you know ur addicted, when ur on 24/7 and the first thing you do when you turn the computer on is go on the internet. (actually, first i sign into AIM, then go to my music website, then i go to the actual internate to do things)
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I dont think ppl r wasting there time in yahoo.I like it very much.It's alot of fun.
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I can't speak for anyone but myself.\n\nI find a lot of satisfaction in answering LEGITIMATE questions posed by people who are honestly looking for information.  Many times I find folks who'll post an answer with vulgarity or their version of humor when it totally uncalled for.  I will not post an answer if I'm not pretty sure I'm passing good, solid answers or common sense opinions.\n\nMost people, well...just about everyone who has picked my answer as "the best" have been quite gracious with thanks.  I get a lot of satisfaction in thinking that I've helped someone out, no matter how small the deed may have been.
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You're not alone. I think we've all answered the life altering question "Is my Avatar HOT" out of boredom a time or two. I do think that the all out blitz to pile up points has gotten way out of hand. What purpose can be served with being able to say you have 10, 15, 30 & 50,000+ points other than to boost a fragile ego? Granted, some of the Q&As these people have are quite good, but they seem to have built a leagion of followers who hail them as a prophet based on their points total when in fact they pad that total with unlimited rates and votes points. The whole idea was to help, inform and have a little fun, not build an empire based on points for self-gratification, but I suppose that is the competitive nature of the beast. Getting voted as Best Answer and a few Thumbs Up, I will admitt, dose make me feel good knowing that someone appreciated what I had to say but it's not an all consuming mission. It has almost gotten to the point where Yahoo! has lost control of what started out as a good idea and I'm not sure how they can get it back.
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I love answering questions, mainly because it makes me fel like my opinion matters. And even if no one reads my answer, or my answer isn't picked as the best (which i really like), then at least i have tricked myself into thinking that what i am typing in my answer counts on some level. Is it boredom, a need for recognition, a desire to be heard?! All the above!
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I like the guy with the pipe, too.  And you.  And blondetommy or something like that.  The easiest way to make them popular is to answer all their questions and vote for and rate all their answers.  You get a rating of some sort.  Mine isn't 100%, which makes me kind of sad.  I'm trying to not base my self image on Answers ratings.  (I hate that sarcasm doesn't translate online very easily.)
1008453
Join the crowd.  Addicted to Answers.  Oh my.
118138
Just something to keep us answer freaks motivated in answering questions. Further motivation is provided by giving 10 points for the best answer
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Directly from the Yahoo Answer Blog:\n\nMany of you have asked us how we pick the featured questions on the homepage, and what types of questions we pick. We tend to love the original, the quirky, the I've-always-wondered-that-myself aspect of your questions, and in general pick them along those lines. But more specifically, we look for questions that:\n\n    * Are well-written and concise\n    * When answered, will become useful or interesting knowledge\n    * Shed light on things we usually take for granted, or don't think about\n    * And of course, the hard-to-define "cool" factor. Basically, whatever we think is cool!
1149156
Best part of Yahoo! Answers? Getting people to answer your essay/paper questions/topics.
423702
I completely agree with you! Yahoo! Answers is the most interesting site on the net. I can ask pretty much anything and get at least 1 respective answer and I never go long without finding questions that I can answer. I've even met a couple people on here that have changed my way of thinking about certain things.
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I love this one, most people who posted knew the answer but posted anyway, why do we do that!?!?!?
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I enjoy Y! Answers, and love answering questions posted here. I also like to play online games such as Runescape, Pardus, Dark Throne and other online games, including Y! Games. I also enjoy browsing online directories such as DMOZ, Yahoo, and I like to use Google and Gmail for my online searches, email and calenders. Some of these things make life a lot easier. I also like to read the news online. I especially like visiting the websites for the New York Times, CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC. I also like to use Wikipedia for my online research.\n\nWhenever there is a poll or survey on a website I like to take it. I also like posting to forums, and blogs. Yet there are so many things that I do and enjoy doing on websites that I could not possibly list all of them but these are my favorite things to do.