Do you answer questions without reading others answers ~see details below~?

of course I don't read others answers. i have my OWN MIND!! my answer is MY opinion!!

I don't know why you think this is an either/or situation. If I couldn't (a) read other answers, then (b) give an honest answer without "going with the flow," I'd be brain-dead. How's that for honesty?

As for potentially fraudulent questions, if I think the question isn't for real, but it sounds like somebody who is reading it might relate to it, I might answer it (the "truth is stranger than fiction" possibility). You never know who you're really going to help.

Depending on the number of answers. I will read them. I almost always answer from the heart. I am too old to just go with the flow, if it is not the same as my heart.

I know what you mean! In P&S especially, I have to check other people's answers sometimes, to see the way they go. There was one question I answered a while back, where a woman asked how best to bar the door (without changing the locks) to prevent her husband from coming in. I took it as a joke, and responded as such; then realized that everyone else answered seriously, and changed my answer. You just never know...

Same as you 99% and 1%. I usually read some after I answer.

I usually answer from the heart, but it depends on the question. In P&S, it's from the heart. In Lyrics, I look to see how many times it's been answered. You only need the name of the song once!

I always answer with what I actually think.

There are times that I have been in a hurry, and answered without reading the other answers, and after wards, my answer sounds like a repeat of at least one of the previous answers.

Other answers do not influence my response, tho.

You / others my not like my response, but my answer is from ME.

If I like the question, I jump right in and answer it...giving no thought to what anyone else said.

Occasionally, I will look if I think I have a good answer--just to make sure nobody else already wrote it.

I give an honest answer, if I am not sure of my answer I will go back to see if anyone else answered it and what they said. If I was wrong I will edit not CHANGE my answer to tell the asker that I agree withthe others and I was wrong.

I usually do not read others answers so I can honestly answer it.