Are opinion seeking questions seen as chatting ?I was contacted by a yahoo answers user to help determine the understanding of the dreaded chatting violation within the yahoo answers community, so here it goes:
If you are found to have been chatting, they you recently asked question with the intent on opinion seeking to which a definitive best answer can not be provided.
Well what the heck does that mean ?
Basically if you were to ask "what is your favourite colour" you would be presented with a whole list of colours from the lovely community of yahoo answers.
Now, did you really need that list of colours ?
The chances are you were bored and asked a question simply to liven up a rainy afternoon.
Now to explain a definitive answer. With a list of colours, which one is the best answer, the first one for being the early worm - but how is that fair ?
See were I am going with this...
You need to post in a question and answer format in yahoo answers, and seeking opinions really doesn't count as asking a question.
So how can I avoid the dreaded chatting ?
- Try to post a question that requires knowledgeable answers
- Don't ask for user's opinions
- If you require a poll, post it in the polls and survey category
- Don't use yahoo answers on a boring rainy day
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3 comments:
Great post! I haven't checked your blog for a while, but I need to do it so I can start linking my tutorial to your entries (if it's ok with you).
Good post. Maybe a bit too good for many of those on YA. I'm not sure that your point would sink in.
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