Please let us Opt out of the new Answer thing on Account page

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   Michael Willisposted 12 years ago

   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!

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      thisisoliposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      click the x on the top right, it should not re-appear (At least it hasn't for me).

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         relacheposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         You're going to have to do that once every 24 hours, which strikes me as a very bad decision.
         
         We should be able to completely opt-out of this inane feature.

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            Michael Willisposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            That is what I am hoping for!

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   Website Examinerposted 12 years ago

   We should be able to opt in. If not, we should definitely be able to opt out.

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   Nelle Hoxieposted 12 years ago

   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.

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   Shadesbreathposted 12 years ago

   I have yet to see a question on it that was coherent, much less interesting enough to want to write about.

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      EmpressFelicityposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      My latest gem:
      
      "i know math bt tel me that wt is accounting?"
      
      WTF????

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   Whitney05posted 12 years ago

   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

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   Arthur Fontesposted 12 years ago

   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?

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      Whitney05posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      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.

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         Arthur Fontesposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         
         
         I could opt to not participate in the questions and answers section, is that a choice?

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            adrienne2posted 12 years agoin reply to this

            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.

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            Whitney05posted 12 years agoin reply to this

            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.

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   paradigmsearchposted 12 years ago

   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…

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   paradigmsearchposted 12 years ago

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   #1. Why is it said that a cat has 9 lives?

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      paradigmsearchposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      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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   paradigmsearchposted 12 years ago

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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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    paradigmsearchposted 12 years ago

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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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    paradigmsearchposted 12 years ago

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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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    paradigmsearchposted 12 years ago

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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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    paradigmsearchposted 12 years ago

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    #6. Just how high do dead cats really bounce?

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    Pcunixposted 12 years ago

    I agree:  this junk devalues HP.

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    paradigmsearchposted 12 years ago

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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?

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       paradigmsearchposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       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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    paradigmsearchposted 12 years ago

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    #8. What auto insurance companies would you recommend that a person NOT do business with?

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    paradigmsearchposted 12 years ago

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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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    paradigmsearchposted 12 years ago

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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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       paradigmsearchposted 12 years agoin reply to this

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       Got 4 good answers to this one. There is indeed hope for our species.

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    Bima.Purnawan1posted 12 years ago

    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.

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       Sally's Troveposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       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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    paradigmsearchposted 12 years ago

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    There are more answers floating in, but I am tired and am done for a couple hours. Happy November all!

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    Whitney05posted 12 years ago

    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.

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    psycheskinnerposted 12 years ago

    So they are featuring the single stupidest aspect of the site?  Brilliant.

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       Whitney05posted 12 years agoin reply to this

       YepYep pretty much

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    EmpressFelicityposted 12 years ago

    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"

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    psycheskinnerposted 12 years ago

    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.

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