Why do you get lots of answers when your question is on the USA?
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Because Americans are stupid
48134
Not me, when you select the best answer you get the points back, so it's encouraging you to become more active with answers, which we need.
658925
after you recieve a lot of points, you can do more stuff on the site (if you click on the amount of points you have under your user name, it should bring you to a chart that says all of the things that you are allowed to do after you get "so many" points) also, you get the happy feeling that you helped so many people. (especially if you are picked for a couple of best answers!)... :)\n\nand we answer questions, because people need our help/opinions!
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I'm not sure that's true. There seems to be a lot of response to provocative questions. Religion, immigration, racism are hot topics. There is a lot of response to kids in trouble -- pregnant 15-year-olds, depressed 14-year-olds etc. Pregnancy and child care questions often elicit a significant response. Easy homework questions get lots of responses, because people like to show off how smart they are. Some questions attract the jokesters. Really technical or specific questions may get few answers because only a few people may know how to replace a carburetor or how much manufactured homes cost in California. Then there's just the random factor of timing -- who's there when a question comes up. There's an interesting ebb and flow in the kinds of questions. Homework questions, for example, tend to increase as the night goes on. I'm surprised at how many come up after midnight! It is interesting to watch the trends as you stay on Answers over a period of weeks or months. Certain questions occur quite often. How can there possibly be so many kids who have no clue who Leonardo DaVinci is. Incredible. Anyway, I find Answers a fascinating place to hang around.
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Yes, it is frustrating.  All you can do is ignore the quantity and look for the quality answers.  those are the ones that matter anyway.
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Sometimes...it depends on who sees your question and answers it. Also, sometimes I just want to get peoples' opinions of something, so in that case I am happy with the answers. It opens my eyes to the way other people think about things. It can also be quite entertaining.
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Why should I, when its so prolific in the US?\n\nYou wanna dope? go to the US.\nst
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That is what makes this world got round, having some on here that are a few fries short of a happy meal asking those type of questions. PS it is also a good way to rack up on points.
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what happens is the answers were probably set as the number one answer by the original person that asked the question.  Also the person could be voting on a lot of number one questions.
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You CAN specify the country/region you want answers from. Unfortunately, many people do not pay attention to that and will answer it from countries or regions other than where you asked to reply.
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Perhaps people have good comments or life experience they wish to share.  Unless you are asking a specific person a question, you will receive lots of answers.
620425
I happened upon a question from someone that went something like this: "How do I get a lot of points really fast?" and the answer said to search through all of the questions that had only one or two answers and that were near expiration. That way, you can give a kick-butt answer and rack up the points. Thats how a lot of people have hundreds of best answers. What a game, huh? Some people just don't understand what the meaning of yahoo answers is. \n\nDon't get me wrong, some people actually do give hundreds of great answers and that is how they get the points. But there are a great many that cheat their way to that status.
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I read the question and look through the answers to see if there are duplicate responses.  I'll answer if I don't see any.  But I take so long to type that when I'm done, there are tons of responses that I now just give up reading the answers and just respond if I have something I'd like to add.
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This is better suited for an international version of Answers.
677510
you might get more answers if you actually put your question in the correct section.
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And people in the US would be able to answer for what reason?
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To prevent spam.  The higher your level, the more questions you can answer.