Surprising, how many people r willing to give good advice for free, isn’t?
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well, we do get something in return like when we ask, when we answerer's different opinion and ours might be wrong and when we vote for an undecided question. But i think most likely people come here because they are bored or lazy to do work or want to lough, that's why silly question gets more answer than a real question simply because we're not in the state of mind to think
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I haven't encountered that yet and I don't see why anyone would do that.  I love giving good answers and feeling like I might have actually helped someone, or made someone laugh, at least.  That's why I really try to think it through when I choose a best answer and give it to the most deserving person.\n\nInteresting topic to bring up though.  Have a great day! :-)
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i think everyone if they want it can get help from this. Even if they dont ask or answer. Just reading questions and responses gives people an idea about different religions and different view points. I have certainly been helped with things that i was not usre about. Perhaps if more sites were like this people would be less ignorant as they might understand different cultures religions and sexualitys more
1007245
I completley agree, In my long evolution on this earth, I have found that there are many people, especially on Yahoo! Answers who feel the need to waste their ever so precious breath on writing to complete strangers, who really have no understanding of what that person is trying to deliniate for the asker. In my understanding, I have found that you have been fooled by me because you read this long response and i'm doing the same crap! Haha.
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Your not stuipd JJJ....  if we pay attetion to everyone who makes comments.....   It would be no fun in here... \n\nI would love to help heal the world.. but its  gonna take a little bit at a time...to do it..    =)\n\nFor the most part I work in the community to do my part..
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Err!\nU don't give much away do U?\n\nPlease add more details & I'll C if I can answer your question.
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i understand your comments and to a point id agree,but i do think when people ask for help on here it is very brave of them and they are probably desperate.i have a degree in psychogy and i can assure you ssometimes friends family will not say to you what they feel they should.\ni am however concernd to a point that although i am sure every one on here will always give thier best advice ity is open for abuse by anyone looking for and with ulterior motives.\nso yes i agree with you but would to say people telling thier problems on here is very brave and to be admired and for some this is real desperation\nmike
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make it free and when u generate the traffic, charge the advertisers. I wouldn't take the risk to pay for an ask the question service unless I was 200% sure the answer would be the correct answer and the person answering was legally bound.
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Yes it should be free, i'm not paying to get an answer. who guarantees that's gonna be the answer i want.
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lotsa people would do it..coss for every one person they refer, they can earn $1..imagine if they refer about 50 people ..$50 bucks..\ninteresting..
988805
Well for the most part you are right. People want 2 points so they say whatever comes to mind, others though may speak from experience. It's the person asking the question that needs to go seek professional help, regardless of what answers they receive.
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I've seen sites where professionals offer their services to the public for a small fee.  It's a more accessible way to get advice from a respectable, knowledgable and reliable source if you don't have time or want to go to an office to get a consultation.\n\nI have never seen Yahoo Answers marketed as having people being paid for answering questions.  Just reading the page on the points system shows that Yahoo Answers is intended more as a good samaratin community forum than as a place where people can make a buck.  Besides, if people started getting paid for offering answers, a whole protocol would have to be put into place to monitor the efficacy of the answers that are being given... too messy & time consuming.
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I've seen some excellent free professional advice on here, and some outrageously wrong answers.  One should have the sense to get confirmations for serious matters. \n\nI don't think Answers needs a disclaimer.
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uhm... Don't always take another's advice. It's not always right. [[That's my advice. xD]]
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While some don't, many people do offer or provide help to the extent of their abilities or resources.\n\nSometimes, though, when someone offers help and the intended recipient doesn't think it is "enough" (has happened), the giver becomes a bit jaded. \n\nKeep in mind that the person down on his luck may be asking help of someone who is just barely scraping by themselves. Each situation is unique.
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I dont know that they are out there to tell you the truth.  There are yahoo groups that have ppl help on their own time but after that I am not sure what else is out there as far as free goes.
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Yes they do think they're being helpful. Some of them even think its a compliment. Sometimes people are such idiots