Why do so many people post questions that don't clearly ask for the information they want?
153871
Some people cannot communicate their thoughts as well as others. And yes the answers are out there for them to find, but you become their resource when you agree to answer their questions.
977205
Well i can tell you that people have no answers and there hoping you can help them with the question and get an answer i mean some people don't even know that there putting up stupid questions or they are trying to be perfect.I mean people might think that the question your asking is stupid (not saying that this question is)\nPeople just wanna have fun asking these questions and just play around.Some people just wanna be pefect.And some people really need help cause their stuck and they have no one too ask that they come to you and ask you cause they think you can help and they can trust some of you.Also to the asker the question is important to them and they really want an answer.And people say yourquestion is a stupid question don't listen too them it's not stupid it's a good piont
76133
The ones that ask about personal matters, such as the guy who wanted permission of the entire internet to do something with his girlfriend.  It is clear that some people just want to post a question, but do not really have a question that is relevant to post.
1105033
Some people rush through their answers in order to rack up the points. I personally like to answer questions to the best of my ability. If I want to horse around I sometimes ask a funny and weird question.
18451
Perhaps someone reported abuse against the question that it was not a question\nSo people should ask questions in regular question format
221206
I do that sometimes too.  It maybe because you don't fully understand what the person is trying to ask or because you have questions regarding the subject as well.
572286
Because some people want to know the answers from other people rather than their friends... because sometimes your friends don't know the answer so you want to find out some answers from some other people that may know the answer to your question.
1131987
some people just do not want to go back and look at older questions I guess. new ones are easier to see. lol.
1099619
Some people are here to entertain themselves. Some people are in it for the points, I guess. (Why else would someone answer "I don't know"?) Maybe one of your questions will get picked as a featured question. Then you will get more thoughtful answers. In the meantime, share your own knowledge and help to enhance the intellectual level of this site!
334593
Lesson learned, maybe the people answering your questions are not to be trusted?  Always consider the source!
237862
I know what you mean. It is incredibly annoying when looking through the answers to see what people have said, and then you get some stupid people that just write '2pts'... I mean, they're not even trying.  Usually, when I see people that do that, I go and see their profiles and other questions they've answered, and if they have several, I report them.\nIt's annoying, it's like they feel that's what the point of this site is, to get points... \nI say, if you don't know the answer, or are not even going to bother to try and figure it out... then don't answer at all, the point of this site is to ask questions when you truly want to find something out... and to learn what others think, and have to say about various topics and things.
449455
Like this one? This question has been asked over and over and over and over and over and over and over (get my drift?) again! Oh, and by the way, people don't "give" questions, they "ask" questions. \n\n@--->---
211579
I think most people ask questions with a sincere desire to find answers to their unresolved problems.  Some ask to be reassured, some to ridicule and some have a preconceived viewpoint and want to be vindicated.  Those people do not consider another point of view and are rather insulting to those who have a different belief.
1106093
I know what you mean. Sometimes they don't even answer the question. If your going to answer, then read what the person said or move on. Some people just don't have the patience to read it all, that is ok then there are hundreds of other questions with not much to read.
68833
Because this forum is anonymous and people can judge without any repercussions. I also think that some of the questions are stated in such a way as to suggest that people are making serious life decisions without correct information, without guidance, and without seeing the big picture sometimes. So people feel that they need to point these things out to questioners.\n\nYou point out one of the flaws with Yahoo! Answers, and that is that there is really very little guidance about what people should expect and how they are to act on this forum. So there is a lot of variability in how people answer questions.\n\nI for one am less concerned with people being judgemental than I am about people who are crude, who give incorrect information, or who use this forum to solicit dates, sex, or customers. These are larger problems with this site.\n\nGreat question!
517180
to obtain information they either dont know or want people to keep repeating it in hopes of a better asnswer
866974
Thing is that there a lot of people here that can give the proper answers, however there are many out there that take a wild guess, and in many cases just give absurd non-sense making comments.\nAlso, this is not a forum for making comments, as you know it's for people to come in ask questions and other people to attemp to give information.