I saw several questions that are common for Yahoo Answers here in the QA section. Go check out the profile, and they joined and only asked the one question. That or joined the site, joined a group, asked question, and have no more hubtivity. Silliness
agreed sounds fishy.. or smells fishy for that matter spammers?
Not necessarily spammers. Just people wanting to ask questions and thinking that HubPages QA is a place to join and ask questions like Yahoo Answers.
I think they just don't know what to do, in some cases. I know that some people also sign up for an account when all they want to do is leave a comment. Guess they can't figure out how to do it otherwise.
That is a point! I have seen sites that required sign-up to leave comments.
Also...their questions could be a source of ideas for someone to write a Hub about.
You're right, Michael. They can add to the idea bank.
by Midasfx 13 years ago
I think it would be nice if we could earn money from our questions here on hubpages. Still with the 60/40 split just like on our hubs.The only thing I would think would be people posting too many questions, so maybe implement a cap on questions ie 3-5 per day as long as they are not spammy. ...
by Penelope Hart 10 years ago
Do you ask questions on Hub Pages because you're looking for answers, conducting a survey or......?You're asking for other reasons?
by Paul Maplesden 11 years ago
All of us that have visited the question section know that much of the content there is of very questionable quality. It's difficult to see how many of the questions really contribute to the community or discussion on HubPages at all, ranging as they do from mediocre to banal.Of course, there are...
by Daisy Mariposa 12 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 Nicola Thompson 11 years ago
Do you come up with a question a day?
by Lisa Vollrath 9 years ago
I've been hanging out in Answers a lot this week. It reminds me of when I worked for Cha-Cha, answering questions.MY question: I've noticed that someone posts about a dozen questions in a row every night. ALL of the questions can be answered by simply Googling the exact question posted. They're not...
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