Is it better and secure for me to avoid sensitive and factual questions?
594606
Depending on the kind of personality you carry, yes it's best to avoid these kind of questions. Because there are many people using Yahoo Ask/Answer, you really have no idea what kind responses or comments you'll get when you participate.\n\nFor myself, I avoid these questions completely if I know I can't defend myself in a way that will overpower the other person. I don't tolerate when people make fun of me or try to attack me in a way that almost "forces" me to respond.\n\nJust have fun when using this. Avoid questions that could potentially hurt you. You'll be much happier.
612437
I always think that asking questions opens the cracks that are in our own faiths and beliefs. Its like going through Microsoft Word with Spell-Checker. You find lots of mistakes and you feel bad. But at the end, you feel better because the end product is polished and structurly sound. Its the same with asking questions that challenge us.
927497
Probably so, just ask something that would be an attention grabber. Something silly, like "Who likes cake?!" Just be careful what you post. People want to not be offended and try to censor anything and everything someone has to say. People are easily offended though and like to call other people's questions a waste of their time. When in reality, no one forced them to answer the question or to read them. They wasted their own time answering them.
21645
Be honest, have a good time, and be sure to ask questions that lead to discussion versus yes/no response.  Think "why is this important" instead of "is this important"
877099
you will know when you aren't asking questions such as this...\nthink about it
296841
Indeed. A great many "why" questions are more rhetorical than inquisitive. For the most part they have a pre set conclusion they want to lead you too. If has been an effective yet overused tatic. It does make for some great debates though.
357473
You can answer questions based on category only, but you cannot avoid silly questions totally. Most of those silly questions are in love and romance, such as: "how do i know if a boy likes me?" or "will i get married?"
759372
I think you do need a privacy policy. A simple sentence like you suggest isn't enough. You're asking for very, very sensitive information and most people are savvy enough to know that you could be misusing it.
72312
Don't expect to never get hurt. Just asking this question indicates that you're a sensitive person, and there will be things along the line that will hurt you. Just be sure that you take a little time to think about things rather than a gut reaction, which will only aggravate situations.
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if you got to ask, you don't need to know yet.if you are that curious ask the folks that love you the most....YOUR PARENTS,please don't push the issue online.there really are some scary people out here that only seek to give you mis-information.
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for factual or objective questions, i'll close it out as soon as i get an answer with a link or two that i can use to verify it. with more subjective questions or things along a suggestive nature, i'll leave it open until i get one that i'm satified with. currently, that's no more than a week, but i think after more people start to use this, i may wait longer.
1111323
no you shouldn't be...if you know it's a dumb question and you ask it anyway, you open yourself up to ridicule..
920784
No I would not wish for that, but I am trying to think of good questions.  It is harder than you might think to think of great questions.
734916
I am not offended.\nIt also depends on the perception of the query.\nThe way I interpret the questions....\n1) If you do not believe then why question for truth or answers.\nIt should be of no consequence to you why I have faith and if I should prove anything to you.\n2) My belief has no consequence on your life. Being a conservative or a Liberal has cause and effect on your life directly, hence the oppositions and voting procedures.\n3) I want my team to win; you want your team to win. A direct opposition in the form of a contest. Big difference.\n4) Your exploratory questions about God do nothing more than attempt to dispel my belief rather than you seek out God. Another difference.\n\nSo my life has no effect on yours.\nYour life has no effect on mine.\nGod is real, honest and true.\n\nThe double standard you speak of comes into play when you question the heart of a person's life.\nThere are offshoots that come from Religion about politics, but that is a totally separate entity.\nArguments come from different views.\nReligion should have little arguments since it is personal and you have little to gain by understanding my standing with Jesus and the God our Father.\nPolitics and sports will always have contests.\n\nHave a good day.
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actually it jus depends on one's viewpoint.. nothing else or u can say one's ideas.. n like tht.. but for some ppl, they dont realise that , in fact, they r asking a stupid Question abd some ppl do it deliberately.. so u cant avoid it except the ones who have the authority to do so- i.e. - the yahoo officers who have the comeplete authority of this feature of yahoo. \nso, it is all like this- i submit.\n:-)\nwhen u get stupid questions, n if u r smart enough , which i suppose u r, just dont waste ur precious tym on those Questions...just ignore.. this is an international thing that will go on.. until there r some specific filters sort of things.. so u can't stop it completely.. and u knw that. everyone does! so, do what uu really wnt to - in dis case- answer only those Questions that u wana answer to otherwise why mess up with them?? \nget my point? \nall da best. relax.. hav BBq and coke.. njoy!
910097
No. Privacy is very important. Also, I don't want people to get the wrong impression and gossip to spread.
52055
Do not follow blindly. Asking questions is important to the growth of the spirit.