This is a joke! I keep getting stupid questions showing up. They are personal questions to hubs and what I have seen have no relevance. This is a waste of space and time to have to close the screen when it pops up.
Let us opt out or just Delete it!
click the x on the top right, it should not re-appear (At least it hasn't for me).
We should be able to opt in. If not, we should definitely be able to opt out.
I agree, the questions that I've been asked are either stupid or make no sense. It feels like HP is trying to force us into some sort of participation thingy that I have no interest in. If I had wanted to answer a question, I would have visited that section. Since I have my next 250 hub topics planned out, I probably won't be answering any of them soon.
Actually I would be interested in knowing if some people are enjoying them. Maybe I'm just anti-social or too narrow minded. So if you've gotten some good ideas from these, please let me know to give these things a second chance.
I have yet to see a question on it that was coherent, much less interesting enough to want to write about.
Stupid feature indeed. The Answers section is spammy and low quality enough, let's not throw it on all users to go there and see the bad questions.
My favorite part of the Answers section is the flag button.
Every now and then I try to post decent questions that should elicit hubs, but for the most part the flag option is ideal for about 65%-85% of questions there.
PLEASE BRING BACK THE RESTRICTIONS ON THE SECTION!
* No yes/no questions
* No opinion questions
* No questions related to HubPages
I wonder, do we get a share of the Adsense ads on the questions section or is it Pro Bono?
Does the section exist for HP to hoard all the adsense revenue?
It's all for HP.
This is a section initially to help create an ideabank from hubbers to hubbers.
If you're not happy about the sharing, then try making your own site or finding other means. I wouldn't think of it as adsense hoarding by any means. Without HubPages we wouldn't have any source of extra income.
I could opt to not participate in the questions and answers section, is that a choice?
Thank high heavens someone brought this up. I thought these questions had to be a really bad joke. As if I have a speciality on dog food which was my last question, What is the best dog food for a Itzu?? Which I have no knowledge of or ever written about this breed of dog.
It's a choice to go to the section or not.
adrienne2, I had a similar question that was posted toward one of my dog food hubs. about Shih Tzu puppies and best dog food for them. I agree that it is a joke; the section used to be a great place to go for ideas, but not anymore. I am surprised that the HubPage team hasn't taken not to all the complaints since they changed the section up.
Well folks. The question of the day showed up on my stats page as usual… This also triggered my recollection that asking 10 questions gets you one of those pretty accolades… At least one hub has confirmed this.
So here they come…
http://hubpages.com/profile/janessecret says:
this come from the fact that cats almost always survive falls by twisitng gracefully and landing on their feet. In history this lead to superstitions about the numerous lives of cat but they are justthat,supersttions with no basis of truth.
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#2. What is the difference between white and black pearls other than color, i.e. what is the difference in their chemical composition?
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#3. If a man states an opinion and there is no woman to hear it, is he still wrong?
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#4. How many years do you think it will be before dual language (English/Spanish) traffic signs are the standard in America?
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#5. The U.S. now has a $T+ yearly deficit. How many years do you think it will be before it all comes crashing down?
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#7. It is all over the internet that 32 inch LCD TV’s will be selling for $199 by the end of the year. What have you heard or experienced regarding the quality of the American brand Vizio?
http://hubpages.com/profile/tommyur says
Two friends of mine had TV sets from Vizio and they both experienced the same problem: after a while the TV just wouldn't turn on. Plus, from what they told me, the customer service is not satisfactory at all.
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#8. What auto insurance companies would you recommend that a person NOT do business with?
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#9. As to our American medical system; what HMO’s would you recommend that a person NOT do business with?
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10#. How do you deal with those entities one inevitably runs into in life that are always negative and always find fault with everything? This question applies to both real world and cyberspace.
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Got 4 good answers to this one. There is indeed hope for our species.
Just opt out with one click and it won't be back for 24 hours.
Personally I like it being there. Makes it more likely for me to participate more. I do understand how it could be annoying to some Hubbers.
It isn't just annoying to some Hubbers, it's bad form in every way...these questions are hardly coherent (as others have said). They occupy prime real estate that could be used for better purposes (even Google ads [forgive me for that thought!]), and they contribute to the dumbing down of what used to be a great feature where Hubbers could pose questions that elicited Hubs instead of one- or two-line answers and quips.
When I click that "X", I want the feature gone forever, not just for 24 hours. It's a huge annoyance as well as a lousy representation of a site that's supposed to encourage writing.
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There are more answers floating in, but I am tired and am done for a couple hours. Happy November all!
Lol good job paradigmsearch. What's funny are the answers are not the quality they should be, which is another example of the crap in the area.
So they are featuring the single stupidest aspect of the site? Brilliant.
This question (which is currently featuring on my "My Account" page) has surely got to win the "stupidest question posted on a public forum" award:
"I returned my bottle of remaining pills on RMA 3709 on 10/15/2010 and Jason Berg signed for the return via UPS. I received a refund and as of today you have charged my account again. Why have you charged my account when I have returned the unused product? Phil S******** p******@gmail.com"
To be fair that question was posted directly to a hub about the product, apparently mistaken for it's official website.
I am not sure why questions posted to a specific hub also appear in the general queue.
by Susannah Birch 11 years ago
What do you think of people who ask a question then use the answers to write a hub?What do you think of people who ask a question (in forums or answer section etc) then use your answers and turn them into a hub? Would it bother you?
by kmackey32 10 years ago
Does the question and answer section on hubpages earn adsense revenue?
by Billie Kelpin 10 years ago
So, I understand that the question-answer section is to inspire hubs, BUT it feels a little disingenuous to use the information everyone provided, especially when that information would fit nicely in a list. I asked a question about recipes and received lots of great replies. How do I make a...
by Peeples 12 years ago
Do you think being able to choose a best answer will change the Answers section?So it has now been said that soon we will be able to pick a best answer. Do you think this will have any impact on the answers section?
by singleaple 13 years ago
Your answer is too short. Please make it longerWhy are we not allowed to give short answers/replies to questions asked.Sometimes less is more.Sometimes saying something precise and to the point says it all.So why can't our answers be allowed to be short as well as long?
by Poon Poi Ming 12 years ago
Hi, I wonder why I am suddenly banned from answering questions. Is the ban permanent or temporary? I have written to the HubPages Team but I thought that I may be able to get a faster response here. Is there a guideline on how to answer questions? Honestly, I really don't know which rule I have...
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