why are my answers being given thumbs down?

Not certain why I am in this section as I usually answer in baseball. Everybody gets lots of Thumbs down there from people that just disagree with your answer or don't like your team, etc. I guess that it just the way it is.

I would not have thought that it would be that way in a more factual category, but I guess it is just the childishness of the majority of the audience. I am certain that you have noticed that most can't spell or use proper grammar.

I try not to let it bother me. Good luck to you.

Take a simple question. What is your favorite color? (note this question is a violation, but for illustrative purposes here). If you answer pink and someone answers blue, instead of other people answering blue or pink, they just TU/TD the answers. If they don't like your pink and are neutral on blue, they may TD you and do nothing for the other answer. It is nothing personal, it is just away of agreeing or not.

However, thumbs down can be gotten for many reasons, only one of which is the correct usage. Some of the ways:

1. the answer is incorrect or you disagree with an opinion (the only real reasons)

2. you sound over 18 (believe it or not)

3. you support the rules on YA

4. you understand the rules of YA

5. you take the site seriously

6. you answered the question (some answerers will TD all other answers)

7. it was fun (random playing)

8. you are in the military, a policeman, or some authority figure

9. etc -

very few TDs are legit so don't sweat it unless you get one say on a science or math question, then review your answer for a mistake

some people might think anything just ignore them they probably want you to be mad they might think you did something offensive EDIT: sorry i mean that some people could ignorant they don't know what you said so they just put thumbs down don't listen to them