do people who answers questions with website sources piss you off?
372182
Yep! I agree 100%. I began participating in the "Answers" thing during the Beta phase and thought we were asking for people's own opinions or having our brains picked for what we knew from our own experiences and/or education. I lost most of my enthusiasm for the site when it became apparent that answers were being researched and sources cited.
209450
I'm pissed about answering this question.
1066891
Absolutely agree.  You produce unusually well-written questions (I've answered several of yours in the past few days).  You have a concise question as a subject, followed by just enough details to indicate what it is you really want to know.\n\nEven though I'm a writer, spelling and grammatical errors don't bother me too much (I realize that many people are non-native English speakers ... and some people have great ideas, but have trouble with typing or grammar).\n\nI admit that sometimes the idiotic questions really get me going.  When someone starts with a bad premise, or uses glaringly faulty logic, I try to point it out (gently, if I can muster it).\n\nAnd sometimes it's other *answers* that get me to respond.  When someone writes a perfectly valid question and gets flamed ... or when six people all respond with the same *wrong* answer (like "Sedna is the 10th planet" or "carbon dating is how we date fossils"), I feel compelled to answer.  Somehow quashing misinformation is as important as providing good information.\n\nOther pet peeves:\n- A statement with a question mark after it ... doesn't make it a question.\n- A short question followed by a long list of unrelated questions, each of which deserves a page of reponse.\n- A description that's essentially a long diatribe indicating that the asker has no interest in any answer at all.\n- A question that has only been asked about 200 times.  Don't people pay attention to the "previously asked questions" that comes up as you type a question in?  I may barf the next time I see "chicken or egg?" or "why is sky blue?"\n- A *stupid* question that has only been asked about 200 times. Why do creationists think "why are there still monkeys?" is *incredibly* clever, no matter how many times responders demonstrate that it is incredibly stupid?\n- Questions copied ver batim from web sites.  When the Asker can't be bothered to write his/her own question, then it's a sure sign they won't bother reading the answers.\n- (Related to this.)  Long answers copied ver batim from web sites.  Please, just put the link.\n- Askers who ignore the ten people who submit detailed answers to their questions, and then reward "I dunno" from a friend as the "Best Answer" (usually with five stars).
680812
well according to the answers you received here, you have proved your point! lol...they just want the two easy points...and or they don't know the answer or just don't care.... either way... it sure can be annoying...
64324
Yesssss. they are professional here, but how do you know who is who?  This site is new and still experimental, and I know of no others who have professionals answering questions to the public.\nBut some think that I am just an uneducated dumb old fart so what does this answer matter.
712245
No, I do not hate it. That is the whole point of this site, is when real questions are asked. If you want fake questions you may want to find another website.
38425
Hypocrisy isn't the right word. As long as they have permission to use those articles, it's okay, especially if they have other articles there that people would be interested in and would help people find what they are looking for. The sites that annoy me are those that just mirror Wikipedia content but with tons of ads all over the place. I always make sure to go straight to the source for those.
31206
Yes...and they don't bother doing research and instead ask someone a question here.  If they are putting their answer in a paper, I think they should reference the person giving it on answers.  Then again, I think they should do their own research to insure that the answer here is the truth and not just someone's opinion.
961332
I find that many of the violation notices people get are due to one or more of these things: spite, inappropriate content, obnoxious questions/answers, or misunderstandings.  I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if at least some of these people ask bad questions just to get answers that are conceivably reportable, so they can get a kick/power rush out of it.\n  As for answering only serious questions, that's an excellent idea.  After all, it's hard to dig a violation out of anything intelligent.
842495
I only take it personally when I know that I gave a good answer. Last night, someone asked why her question was removed/was a violation/whatever and I linked the Community Guidelines and said it provoked a conversation which was a no no. Everyone else was like "it's a conspiracy, Yahoo! Answers employees have no life, etc etc.\n\nIt's like, excuse me for answering the question correctly, while all of you just guess and make stuff up.\n\nThis was the question: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AkGFXDTzVVTRgn_vv1YQ3t_sy6IX?qid=20061109211701AA0a4bM
786738
I hate it when people are rude on this site!!! People here are looking for information and opinions! They do NOT want the answers to their questions to be junked up by trash talking morons who have no life but to humiliate and tease those asking a question!!!! I agree with you 100%!!!!
946531
they certainly do.........and then there are the others who scour the site to answer questions like yours.\n\n\n\nlol
145153
Yes, sometimes I do feel I'm not up to people answering other people who wer'ent even answering anyone in the first place! They just piss me off!
186575
Some people don't have to site a source (put up a link) or a "believable source" because most people on this site are answering questions from their own experience.
320639
I guess if the person who answers the questions has a reliable source...otherwise Yahoo! Answers is just for fun.
289636
You mean the ones that post things like "Thanks for the 2 points" and so forth. I understand your frustration. It almost makes me wish there was a penalty for posting an answer. Or maybe, you don't get anything for an answer unless it is chosen as a best answer.\n\nI don't know. The way I see it, Yahoo! has to make the final decision.
1000364
same goes for people who ask questions? do they realize they corner answerers to answer a rhetorical question shamefully, or do they actually want an opinion.