Why do people with no knowledge of the question asked, feel they have to answer?

Sometimes when a question is in my area of expertise and I am sure that my answer is 100% correct but the asker picked a wrong answer as the best.

For example, my area of expertise will be video games and the history of China. I will see a question like 'China is evil, free Tibet now!?' (How this is actually a question is beyond me, but it took Yahoo 2 days to remove it). I will answer the question with facts, links...etc and its ignored. In the end the one chosen as the best answer is from someone with no idea what they are talking about. Many times people just want to find someone who agrees with them and not really seeking an answer.

However, in a factual question as you describe, the ignorance of the public can be astounding. I get many thumbs down for purely factual answers.

There are many reasons why - also where ~you~ are living in the world is not where I am living. The law can be and often is vastly different from country to country.

Also it's about attitudes. You are in a forum that has some of every kind. Some people think they know everything, others answer only with the knowledge they have, while more just speculate.

If you already know the answer to your question, then there is no point in asking. If you come on yahoo answers to test people, then berate them for their errors, you'll find you are fighting a losing battle. One that you could never win.

There are people who do that, some of them gain for points, some of them think that know everything, some of them need contact, there also people who enjoying insult people, or has attention for language, or say go doing your home work.It is obviously that questioner do not ask for check spelling or grammar,because there are section for home work, that means people have right for help about home work.Very often I haven't answer which I need even I have many answers. I do not how can we solve this problem in ya, probably people which have expiriens with Google answers or similar sites, can solve this.Sorry for my English

tell me approximately it... i'm so ill of that comparable replica and paste solutions. somebody(s) has too lots time on their palms, yet does not spend that factor unquestionably coaching themselves because of the fact the(ir) answer isn't even properly recommended. once you are going to bash us, a minimum of get the data at present first... i do no longer answer questions approximately Christianity, Islam, Judaism, etc. because of the fact i do no longer comprehend the 1st component approximately them and that i do no longer think of me perplexing the three smart adult males with the three little pigs may well be effective to every person. i might in basic terms answer if it became right into a query that became into especially soliciting for people who *weren't* those religions. the challenge is, those human beings particularly do think of they comprehend the respond. that's what's so demanding. I *get* that they experience that way, i merely can no longer think of having a theory device like that.

Q&A is made up of a diverse community of members whose expertiece may not be in tires but perhaps feels they can make a contribution be it right or wrong.

Then it depends on the person asking the question to decide which answer best suits them in answering their question. All we can do is give one answer at a time based on what we know and not concern ourselves with others answers.

1) Point farming

2) over extended ego

3) boredom

Some people just answer every question because they are the master of the universe. The kings new suit.

peace and love

it all depends on the circumfrance of the windscreen this will determine whether you should rotate your snow tyres while wearing your ugg boots or if the first figure is more than 4 you might wear stillettos.

maybe people are trying to be helpfull some are genuinly mistaken others are bored me im just plain STUPID

They either answer for the pts. or they like to submit their opinion, hoping for 10 pts.

Probably doing it for the points, like I am now

they do it for points. lol like i am now, we are just point grabbing people lol