... as I am restricted to 250 characters per comment. Which is not nearly enough.
Haiku comments perhaps? - sorry, couldn't resist
Well, I guess if you have to type more than 250 words per comment, then it wouldn't be too much of a stretch to write a 500-700 word hub about the topic.
I always thought supplying answers to questions should be at least 2-3 sentences at the least to the most a well written hub.
But, then again, I don't answer questions that often anymore.
I think comments on answers are meant to be very short. Someone just left a 1618 character answer on one of my questions, so clearly answers can be lengthy.
If a more involved discussion is supposed to take place, it's not supposed to be in Q&A, but here in the forums.
I think the difference between the Forums and the Q&A section is that the Forums are here for Hubbers to seek information or discuss things with other Hubbers either because they are fellow writers or for pure enjoyment or whatever, whereas the Q&A section is a place where we can ask for and provide information that can be picked up by SEs and found by organic traffic. In other words, the ambition is that the Q&A will become like Yahoo! Answers in the future.
I was excited about the new feature (comments on answers), as I thought this would make room for more discussion on certain questions, but I think the limit makes it impossible to do this in a civilized way. But if HubPages meant this new feature to be an inspiration for more 'Great-info-your-so-cool'-type comments, so be it.
HubPages has always wanted that section to spark new Hubs. But going from Hub Requests to Answers to Questions seems to have evolved them away from that goal, not towards it.
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 Dr Abby Campbell 11 years ago
Yesterday, I posted a question in the Answers section. After doing so, I received an immediate response that my question needed moderation. After a few hours, I went back to see if it had been approved. However, it was crossed out, and I received an emails as such:> Dear Abby Campbell,>>...
by Daisy Mariposa 13 years ago
Why do some people use the HubPages Q&A section for doing research?Why do some people prefer to ask questions in Q&A that can easily be answered by doing research on Google?
by Andria 15 years ago
Some hubbers are taking the mick with it. It's spamming. It's not allowed in the forums. If you want attention promote yourself according to good manners. Not by over spamming in the questions section.
by Susana Smith 14 years ago
The questions are showing up, but where the answers should be it says page not found and nothing happens when I click on the answer question tab. (I really want to tell Michael Willis how to cook the perfect steak!)
by americababy 13 years ago
There are some sites that have monetized their answer section. It would be interesting if Hubpages tried to do the same thing.I think the way they could do it would be to section off the answers into seperate mini-hubs and then allow hubbers the ability to control all their answers from their...
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