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Gaff asked in Yahoo ProductsYahoo Answers · 9 years ago

How do you answer Non-Question questions on Yahoo Answers?

So many people ask stupid leading questions like "Do you know that women belong in the kitchen?" or "Why is the bible such a lie?" and it's so clear that they are completely ignorant both about the subject they are asking about, and about how yahoo answers works.

Should I flag these for abuse?

Should I answer their questions anyway and shut them down?

Should I tell them what they want to hear?

Should I ignore them?

I don't want to nerf my best answer percentage

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  • 9 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    It depends on the question..

    Dont answer.. Report or Ignore.

    Questions like " Do women belong in the kitchen?"

    are chatting violations. Questions that have no educational value for anyone. Designed to spark conversation/chatting.

    I dont bother answering because the question will probably be deleted.

    Some are troll questions designed to inflame people.. but actual legit questions posted w/in the guidelines.

    Such as "What are some good recipes for cat" etc

    The motto on Y!A -- is "dont feed the trolls" and they will stop playing games here.

    I get the most frustrated and this is an actual violation..to not ask a question. The rules of the site are so simple.

    You must ask a question. You must answer the question posed. Very easy. Yet there's scads of "questions" like

    2nd request about email ?

    Where to find my account ?

    Email address for Robert ?

    Staying out late ........... ?

    Then nothing else added. Like we are mind readers

    Some have taken to start reporting these.

    You can read down a question list and see nothing but statements. People dont want to open ever question to read more.

  • Gone
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    Report

  • 4 years ago

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  • You tell them a rambling answer that includes your obscure opinion on said subject. personally I'm not offended because I just don't care. but because they didn't really ask a specific question, you get to answer however you feel.

    PRO TIP. Stop caring about your best answer percentage.

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    you type in "how to answer questions on yahoo answer"

    and then do it yourself.....

    Source(s): my brain a dictionary my neighbors penis....
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