Comments on: Is Yahoo! Answers the new Wikipedia?

By: kilak

kilak — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:14:04 +0000

what does a guy do when his girlfriend that he thought was straight tells him she’s bisexual 12 months into the relation ship n has feelings for a coworker who a girl

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By: Mike Abundo

Mike Abundo — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 04:45:35 +0000

You assume it is a problem. This is just education through conversation. If kids can get answers to simple questions easily, their minds are freed up to discuss more complex questions.

By: Abel

Abel — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:45:58 +0000

Every now again, I spend a good couple of hours in yahoo answers. Posting and answering questions. It’s very thrilling when my answer gets picked the best answer. Asking questions also gives me a lot of insights when I’m on a hunt for a niche that I’d like to venture into.

By: Dara

Dara — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:47:56 +0000

You could always tell people to go to FunAdvice We don’t allow homework questions. I nuke them on site. Take that, cheating kids!

By: dmightyaran

dmightyaran — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 06:00:11 +0000

I used also to answer questions in Yahoo! Answers.. It’s a great help also to remember all my lessons during my college days…cz for some of the students are the one who frequently asking questions related to their assignments. If someone asked a question that i could answer for the best one i just shared it and they just voted it for the best answer for ten points. It was exciting and fun to hang with if you have some extra time.

By: Praetor

Praetor — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:21:51 +0000

Ayus yung website na yan, mas maganda makikita mong informations about your questions kasi madami ang tao nandito, and best of all, you can get answers in just a few minutes! Mas maiintindihan mo pa diyan depende na lang sa sumagot sa tanong mo

By: Jonas

Jonas — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:59:33 +0000

There is a different appeal to asking as compared to researching for answers online. Wikipedia is really more suited for encyclopedia-type questions but Yahoo! Answers provides a wider range of topics and interests for a community to ask and answer.

Also with Answers, the person asking gets to choose from multiple answers given by the community (that are mostly based on their own experiences) and the person answering is immediately recognized if it’s chosen as the best answer.

By: ChrisMo

ChrisMo — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 06:15:27 +0000

I admit I sometimes get addicted at answering things in Yahoo Answers especially IT related questions.

However there is a better upstart site with the same Answers Model I just forgot the name of just now that already has a ranking system for professionals and covers almost all questions. More of a problem solver than a Fact Book I may say…

By: Eugene

Eugene — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 04:59:26 +0000

Wikipedia actually has a Yahoo! Answers-like page and it's the Reference Desk. People can ask questions there and Wikipedians answer. Of course, not many people know about this page. And yes, that page has its own share of students asking for help on their math assignments. Hehehe.

By: jhay

jhay — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 03:50:55 +0000

Oh, for the record, my response to that request was a bunch of links to references suitable to his project plus a couple of short insights and explanations I know about the topic and how to go about his project.

Thankfully, that reader/student replied thanking me for the help.

And it was free of charge. ^^

By: jhay

jhay — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 02:09:29 +0000

I actually had some readers who asked me help with their school projects and homeworks. Some even used my contact form to email for a request. It felt like I was suddenly hired to do freelance work! LOL

And how did the reader found my blog? It wasn’t thru search, it was via an answer I made on Yahoo! Answers about biology and global warming.

Perhaps bloggers can adopt this model and use their blogs to offer similar services. How they will get payment is more complicated though, as most students don’t have their own PayPal. Then again, there’s G-Cash and Smart Money.

By: yuga

yuga — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:41:51 +0000

@ L.A. exactly my point. Even if Wikipedia is the ultimate source, people are still using Yahoo! Answers. At least those who go to Wikipedia are actually doing some form of research. The ones who go straight to Yahoo! Answers are the lazy ones. And they are growing in numbers.

By: Jomark Osabel

Jomark Osabel — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:14:54 +0000

Yahoo answers is great. You will get answers from actual experience of people who posted answers for your questions.

By: L.A

L.A — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:37:07 +0000

@JM Haha LOL!

Anyway, LOL Answering assignments for math homeworks are no-no!

But still Wikipedia contains most of the knowledge out there available…some look for the Wikipedia article and answer the question on Y! Answers and puff +10 points!

Also some of the answers can easily be search on Google…tamad lang mag hanap yung iba o_O

By: JM

JM — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:52:36 +0000

Let’s ask Yahoo! Answers how to solve that problem. Hehehe. =P

By: sylv3rblade

sylv3rblade — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:03:36 +0000

Yahoo Answers answers need a “This question has already been asked” system. It’s very useful when you’re not a Geography whiz though, with a question like “How do I get to ___ from MRT?” or something similar.

On assignment note.. some of the questions I saw PinoyHenyo are actually assignments or lessons. LIke “Ano ang pang-abay? Ano ang gamit nito?”

By: calvin

calvin — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:18:35 +0000

i used to answer a lot of pc and software troubleshooting questions in yahoo answers before but i grew tired of it. people won’t use the search first before asking questions. they tend to ask the same questions as everyone especially if it’s related to virus removal problems.