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Which type of person are you?

In my time using Yahoo! Answers, I have noticed that the forum attracts a very interesting range of people, and they can all be divided into a few categories...

1) People who actually have real hands-on knowledge about what they're talking about, like doctors, or chemistry teachers, or authors (this is a very small minority)

2) People who don't necessarily have direct knowledge of what they answer, but research it first and provide reasonable responses with sources

3) Wide-eyed political junkies from all regions of the political spectrum (These ones can be particularly nasty, often resorting to trolling and name-calling, etc)

4) Teenage girls asking each other if they're pretty or pregnant, and a smaller but equally active population of males doing the same

5) Wanna-be comedians/point-hunters who answer/ask completely randomly and add absolutely nothing to Yahoo! Answers (I, for one, would fall under this category)

6) Kids trying to get other people to do their homework for them

7) People that are just plain bored and ask questions for other bored people to answer (and vice versa)

8) People who try to escape my inescapable categories of Answer users

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Haha probably 5 and 7 :P

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    There are a lot of users that do not fit any of your categories these are users that answer in categories they have the most knowledge in and answer correctly without researching and giving an answer found on google.There are a group of intelligent well read polite and considerate users that you forgot to include, I fit in there along with many others..

  • 1 decade ago

    I'd say i'm in between 1 and 2. I only answer quesitons I know off the back of my head, but maybe i'll research something on the computer to make sure i'm giving the person the correct answer. :D!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    2 minus the sources

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  • 1 decade ago

    0) People who have answered questions in a category for years and know the answers to 90% of what is asked since it has been asked before over and over.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    i'd say i'm number 2 (:

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