Have you also noticed that the yahoo answers system is getting into a good shape now?

I think that at the beginning, the site was new to the users and were excited to just use it and so people were just experimenting with it. Now, the excitment of the "trial period" has slowly faded and users in realizing the usefulness they can get out of the site are starting to take it more seriously and the

I think so too. However, there are always newbies ;)

But I participate in one good internet forum and it's true that people are guided by what they see; so that once the novelty wears off and we're all serious (well, sort of, I like fun too), I guess this will really be an excellent resource.

It is slowly getting better as the newness wears off. Hopefully eventually there will only be serious questions on here with serious answers.

Yes, I have noticed that too and it is a good thing.