I am Curious.....What do YOU THINK the purpose of Yahoo Answers IS?

It's your basic search site. The only difference is that you get personal opinions, experience, and advice from real people like yourself.

This is basically why I come here every single day. The friends I've made on here were just a nice, unexpected addition. Along with my addiction. :) But, that's not really nice.

Did I hit the jackpot?

Being here for almost 4 months, I consider this site a part of my daily routine, it is entertaining, educational and most of all challenging.

If people really use it appropriately, it will become one of the best instructive sites on the net.

Apart from that, it allows us to exchange a few words with one another in a matured way.

It helped me to recognize individuality strength, not only augment but also promote and expand my aptitude to accept other's opinion.

It also taught me and my friends to be patient, be aware of reasoning and master many communicational expertise.

The best thing about the site is that you get to see who was selected as the best answer, knowing that. You learn to be adaptive and competitive at the same time.

There are various reasons that I can think about.

- First and foremost for me, it is the possibility to ask a question and find an immediate solution to your problem.

- Help other people that gives personal satisfaction.

- Help solve the existing problem of isolation today, that is have a nice time with YAHOO!

- Serve educational purposes. It is known that people can learn better when he is involved in the educational procedure. It is a kind of continuing education. I have already given to you in your blog, an option on how 360 blogs can collaborate.

- Raise his funds.This is a personal opinion, I hope that it is a valid one. Everytime that we click on the links of the advertisements that are found under our answers, they have a certain percentage of money.

- It is possible to gather demographics on the users, as a previous answerer has mentioned, as it is possible to everyone of us to do a market research for his own reasons. If you browse older(resolved) questions, you will realize it.

This is not always bad but I have to accept that it is a possible danger. It depends on the use of the results.

I will give an example at this point. The reason for me to participate was to do an investigation of the level of knowledge that people has in common health issues and what was his perception about the health system and on the other hand have fun. And do a comparison, as well, with local people(in my country). On the other hand, I wanted to offer my help in these issues and others.

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Mayah,

Without any intention for cheating, was you waiting of an internet forum to recognise individuality strength?

Socialization of a person, is not achieved in front of a computer. Internet is not a panacea. Is just ONE of the means used by the humans for the improvement of their quality of life.

Ms KnowltAll,

I read your additional details and I want to tell you that our answers represent our personal views. On that there is no wrong or correct aspect. The REAL purpose of Y!Answers is something that ONLY Y!Answers developers know.

You are talking about your frustration. Sorry, but this does not justify your arrogance, here.

You are using terms like * no correct answe or no one know the actual purpose of this site* that are offensive. Can you really judge a person if he is capable to understand something or not? Isn't this in contraddiction with what you have just posted in the forum(you refer in loss of recognition, loss of respect).

I have posted in your blog my views on a possible 360 blogs collaboration, where you refer to your friend's death).

This is also a personal view. A valid one, as I have implemented it already, but still a personal view. Seems that you haven't understood that. There are also commercial aspects(e-commerce aspects) but nobody is oblidged to post them here, for free, in your question!

A few time ago, I was in a conference about these new forms of collaborations. Have you got to know something similar and you want to report here?

Katerina

I'm guessing here so please no-one take off my head :-)) I think maybe the purpose is to attract a lot of people to yahoo as you cannot participate in the site without a yahoo email then this will trigger a lot of new yahoo accounts making yahoo the most popular email provider and thus increasing their revenue from paid accounts and advertising. As well as making yahoo more popular than msn/hotmail. Am I right? ;-)

To provide a single place where people could find answers to anything. Not to say it hasn't been bastardized a bit by immatures, but it's the net. Whatcha gonna do?

To kill time, at least for me, but now i'm so addicted to Yahoo! Answers that I answer questions and rate answers chosen and vote best answer, because that just something that draws me to the computer every afternoon..

to gather demographics on the users to sell to third party sales people...

and I have been getting more telemarketers lately...

E R look at the resolved questions...

there are always 2 ads under the best answer...

To ask question

to get answer

its like a game, get as many points as you can

meet other people

see their yahoo360 blog

thats about it for now...

Oh and get opinions on any subject

Personally I find it self gratifying to prove that I really am intelligent, and can help people.

jason i dont think ive seen one ad

i think its just to make yahoo more popular, which means more money