The Yahoo! Answers Project
The Internet is a wealth of knowledge
and a great place to find information you desire. Most questions can be
answered with a simple web search. Some questions are more
complex and require the opinion of similar minded people. I did a
project some time ago on Yahoo! Answers. I really didn't have much of
an objective to work towards, but the experiment proceeded anyways.
Basically the experiment consisted of me building up points to earn the
privilege to answer more questions per day. Not like I'd want to,
seeing that most people that use Yahoo! Answers are either dumbasses or
total screwballs. Everyone there seems to have at least one screw
loose. This is what I found:
This is one example of a question that I commonly encountered: High
School Homework. First of all, if Sofia D is a top contributor, then
why the hell is she asking for help? Note: Being a Top Contributor on
Yahoo! Answers doesn't mean jack shit. Well, Sofia D, you should have
begged a little harder:
Seriously, though, wasn't the answer obvious? Ask your fucking teacher.
Sheesh, why trust some dumbass you don't even know on the Internet?
Most of the answers posted by others were wrong anyways, so if Sofia D
took my advice, good for her. If not, she can go to hell.
The following question about cats looks to be written by a 4 year old:
Whoa, I could barely read this one and I'm still having trouble. Okay
so Amina seems to be four years old. Regardless of age, she is young. I
think Yahoo! Answers requires users to be thirteen so let's just say
thirteen. Okay for a thirteen year old, she spells like shit. Also, she
is not stressing out, that only happens between the ages of 18-34. The
rest of the question is really stupid. Really? Your cat sheds its fur?
YOUR CAT SHEDS, BIG DEAL SO DOES MINE. DEAL WITH IT. Oh, by the way,
cats sleep a lot. And I mean a lot. I responded accordingly:
Seriously, if you can't spell the word, get off the fucking Internet or
at least USE the Internet to spell the words correctly. There are tons
of online dictionaries. If I can't understand your question then what
was the point of asking it? Obviously, if you think your cat has
something wrong, ask your veterinarian. Damn kids.
Oh my God, this one was bad. At least I had fun responding:
Ummmm, okay | @n@y3 I can't even write your name let alone say it. So
you think your boyfriend is cheating, eh? Here's what I said:
People can be dumb. Sometimes I wonder how it turned out for Ms. Icantpronounceyourname.
The following question John asks about his pines:
Okay, John, sounds like your pines has some problems. I had to respond to this one:
Yeah, if I had some shit like that on my cock, I'd get it checked out.
Hope you learned not to fuck out of state hookers John. It's the
hardest lesson out there.
This one is pretty self explainatory:
Really? This had to be asked? I had to put more responses than just my own on this one:
Jeez, Yahoo Answers contains crackheads. Great.
Wait, what is this shit? Really. Give me a break:
When I saw this I was pissed. On the bright side, at least they had the kind heart to tell me.
The next guy tried his hand at religion. Too bad people took it way too seriously:
I recognized a joke when I saw one:
Naturally, many people were offended by MadGasses' question. I took it
easy and played along. See? We can all get along, can't we?
The questions really never end:
Really? Who asks this question? megan t for one asks it. The responses were mediocre but good:
Yeah, I know it was a stupid question. But hey, it's only Yahoo! Answers.
You know how they say there is no such thing as a stupid question? That's false. Here's one complete with stupid answer:
I hope he didn't try to use that code.
Remarkably Sofia D decided my answer was the best for her question about homework:
Well Sofia, that's what you get for asking people on Yahoo! Answers for advice answers.
There are a few, no a lot of rats at Yahoo! Answers. Natually, I got
ratted out and recieved this pleasant email from the Yahoo mail bot
bullshit:
So telling kids to pay attention in school is wrong? Oh yeah, that's right. It's Yahoo! Answers, not Yahoo! Advice. My bad.
What I have documented here is only part of my experience. Most were
boring and lame. I selected only the finest for my audience. Anyways, I
learned that Yahoo! Answers is a steaming pile of shit. I only spent
less than two weeks there and I know I won't be asking questions there.
I asked only one question and got shit for response. Most questions are
made by pre teen kids whose balls haven't even dropped. I wasted two
weeks and I want them back. Go to hell Yahoo! Answers and take the
crackheads with you.
Yahoo! Answers is a bad place for answers, but don't take my word for it. Go there and sign up for an account and find out for yourself. But remember, I warned you.
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