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Why no answer ?

2
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Ohhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

Why ? why not answering to questions . Sometimes you see a post has lots of viewers but no answer !!!

when some one ask question , It means he/she really needs help . We have nice friend here , so please answer them .

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updated Sep 28, 2011
posted by Shabbu

7 Answers

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Another reason can be that the question is so poorly worded that no one can interpret the author's intention. A thousand people may view the question, but no one can answer a totally non-sensical or ambiguous question. We have many questions asked where you cannot even decide whether their question pertains to the Spanish language or the English language. And, of course, the author refuses to fill out his profile information to provide any clues as to which is being inquired about.

updated Sep 28, 2011
edited by 0074b507
posted by 0074b507
Ok , so what is the solution > - Shabbu, Sep 28, 2011
The one that is currently being used. Ask the author to clarify his question. - 0074b507, Sep 28, 2011
Possibly the mutual admiration society doesn't warrant it worthy of an answer? - kmaakheru, Sep 28, 2011
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First of all, if you do a little search here, you'll get tens of posts on why one should learn Spanish and what's special about it.

Personally, you asked the same question in two separate posts, which means you're playing, then It's hard to trust the intentions of your post when you're using three accounts (Shabbu, Shabnamam, shabi00, God knows how many more) simultaneously, and finally, you once posted a link which I strongly believe that it gave my system a real bad virus.

updated Sep 28, 2011
edited by SpanishPal
posted by SpanishPal
And , about asking ? , I should say , I did it because I really need the answer Even if I do sth wrong , dont you think it was better to just tall it to me ????? - Shabbu, Sep 28, 2011
Oh , am I responsible for these people's accounts here ? should I ask ask anyone to not enter here with same informations - Shabbu, Sep 28, 2011
Oh,Have you ever thought if anyone wants to cheat why he/she use same information ? - Shabbu, Sep 28, 2011
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Well personally I often read a question but then haven't got a clue what the answer is.

Rather than guessing, which may not be very helpful, I usually go back to the question later to see what the answer is, that way I learn something too. smile

updated Sep 28, 2011
posted by MaryMcc
I agree, I do not answer just to answer, I think an unanswered post gets more attention than one that is answered, and so do not answer if I do not think it will be helpful. - Stadt, Sep 28, 2011
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There are 3 reasons why I don't answer a question that I read:

  1. It's already been answered as well or better than I can
  2. I don't understand the question
  3. I don't know the answer

I never purposely avoid answering questions that I can contribute to.

updated Sep 28, 2011
posted by KevinB
4. the question has been asked and answered a hundred times (and one gets tired of answering it). - samdie, Sep 28, 2011
There's that, but often I'll answer the question with a link to earlier answers. - KevinB, Sep 28, 2011
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Hi Shabbu! It's nice to meet you, y bienvenidos al foro! (Welcome to the forum!)

Sometimes people read the question, and they either don't know the answer, or they don't feel like answering, because they aren't sure if their answer is correct, etc. There are many reasons for there being so many views and no answers.

So, there's the first answer to your question!

updated Sep 28, 2011
posted by amykay
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If I can't answer I don't reply. If you answer a question but you don't know the answer to it really then it will get less views and it's possible the person who actually can answer it won't see it.

Also this site gets visited by thousands of people who don't register and a lot of the views can be them.

updated Sep 28, 2011
posted by rabbitwho
Exactly- unanswered questions get more attention. - Stadt, Sep 28, 2011
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There can be so many reasons for that probably they don't have a decent answer or may be they didn't get the question.

updated Sep 28, 2011
posted by alvinahanif