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Why Don't People Give Answers?

When somebody posts a riddle, I wish they would answer their own question. There are usually several totally different answers and it ends up going to voting. Then we never know the poster's answer!!

Update:

I meant to say give answer when they vote for best answer. When it goes to voting, we don't get to see what the asker had in mind.

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    i know right!

  • 1 decade ago

    The poster doesn't post the answers so people have a chance to figure it out for themselves.

    It's common for the poster to award "Best Answer" to the first poster to guess the riddle correctly.

    Of course, most questions are pretty obvious once you see the right answer anyway.

  • 1 decade ago

    So true.. maybe they post questions/riddles, but don't know the answer themselves.

  • momma
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    i know but if they put the ?? then everybody would know the answer!!!!

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