Why is it when there is a difficult question to answer, the responses are so few?
360496
People dont want to have to stretch their brains, they just want to put smart ass comments!!
594162
I don't know that the people are necessarily shy. I think that it is easier to ask and answer questions on Answers because I am not emotionally connected to the other people. When you know someone, your emotions can sometimes cloud the way that you tend to look at circumstances. It is nice in a sense that the receiver of your answer is unable to argue back when you say something that is right on target!
502436
There are two types of people in the world: People who have questions and people who have answers.  I happen to have more answers than questions, so I don't think I would be different if there were no points.
682635
Because they do not answer back
785689
The problem with asking a question like thist nobody knows the answer....
1073732
Unless the questions require only a yes or no, most of the questions need an explanation, that's why.\n\nIf you do not want to see long answers be specific in your asking. You'll see
429558
I started to answer this but the problem statment is so unclear that any attempt at answering it would likely be in vein.
189085
It is impossible to answer your question.
162450
Sometimes it is because they really want to know how others can respond to it.  A lot of questions are loaded, but that is because sometimes people have so much that they think on a subject, and that is reflected in their question.  \n\nSometimes someone does it to try to prove a point.  Sometimes it is a rhetorical question meant to bring up a point of weakness in a faith.\n\nThe answerers can shed light on the topic however to all who would read the question.  Perhaps the one asking will not listen to an objective answer, but other readers might.\n\nI think that most questions asked in this forum are sincere, and people are really seeking answers, or seeking to know how other people may answer the same question.
707606
Sometimes it backlogs the system and take more time to post to the page, if it posts at all. I've asked questions that also didn't get posted.  But people answered them by going to my profile and accessing them that way.
287490
If you asked an actual question, you stand a better chance of getting an actual answer. Why don't you try adding details to this question and see if anyone can help.
613562
Why do you write questions no one wants to answer
484704
I totally agree with you. Many a times, serious, genuine questions get no responses at all or get answers like 'sorry, I don't know'. Ask a silly question and within minutes you'll receive hords of silly answers.\nApparently, people are using this site, not for getting answers to questions, but to have some fun.\nMost of my questions do go unanswered. But, I wouldn't say the whole system has deteriorated as I'm still managing to get some decent, appropraite answers to some of my queries. I guess what has happened was inevitable.
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People who respond to other peoples answers are totally wacked aren't they.  Rarely do we go back to questions answered, tho its sometimes fun.  If you have a problem with someones answer, write them an email, or go to one of their recent unresolved questions and ask them to use a bit more time to answer your question.  That this is not a discussion board can make things difficult.
69224
There are a lot of people on this board and sometimes a question may get overlooked.  Just keep asking and someone will answer.  Maybe you are not catergorizing your questions right.
479806
i would say getting responses to questions because the points aren't very useful. However, it is a nice feeling to know that you have tried your best to help someone else.
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I agree that people are just fishing for points.  Plus it takes some thought to put together an answer and some people just can't manage that ^_^