The quality of most questions here in the HP Q&A is abysmal. Is the intelligenc

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   dabeanerposted 8 years ago

   The quality of most questions here in the HP Q&A is abysmal.  Is the intelligence ...
   
   (lack of) indicated by those questions typical of the general population?  I think it is, unfortunately.  Am I wrong?  If I am right, is there any hope for the human race?

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   jimbodyposted 8 years ago

   I think you're right, and hope is fading fast.
   
   I try to answer the more insightful questions and ignore the garbage ones.

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   The Specialist--posted 8 years ago

   The human race is fading quickly, it shall soon transform into a figment of blissful pass. The questions are trash and barbaric idiocy which I hope can be prevented soon. You are right and you and I are some of the few who are left with an actual mind. Hopefully we can save this possibly doomed race.

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   Chasukposted 8 years ago

   I see many questions here that are poorly worded, and even more which display little thought in formulation. However, I have (as yet) seen none which display "barbaric idiocy." That claim seems overblown.
   
   As far as hope for the human race, it seems illogical to extrapolate humanity's doom based on such a small sample.

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   gramaryeposted 8 years ago

   Sometimes I look at the hubbers who ask the particularly abysmal questions and usually find that they have 0 hubs, 0 fans and joined a few hours ago.
   
   They are not really "hubbers" to my way of thinking, and do not represent this community.

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   Mr. Happyposted 8 years ago

   Ya, it is true. There are some really bad questions out there. I think I saw one the other day that was missing a noun. I mean, this thing wasn't even a question or a sentence for that matter. I am not sure what it was. Maybe it was a UFO on "paper".
   I am of the opinion that some people ask questions without putting much thought into why they are even asking the question which they are asking. If you have absolutely nothing to do though, it kills time, fills up the void.

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   wingedcentaurposted 8 years ago

   Good Day dabeaner
   
   I am pleased to see that more and more hubbers are noticing this problem and talking about it. From what I gather, visiting the hubber knowledge exchange, the spam question problem you've identified has at least two sources.
   
   One hubber identified a source as hubbers desperate to build up their hub score by "participating." They may also want to accumulate those "accolades." We're talking about legitimate hubbers now.
   
   They are, paradoxically, taking HubPages way too seriously. This seems to be a life and death enterprise for them. Obviously they want to build up an online profile, and portfolio of work. They want to make money and are willing to degrade themselves to do it. They want to be famous so badly that they are willing to settle for infamy.
   
   They are willing to go the William Hung route. Remember William Hung -- that glass-shattering "singer" from the first round of the first season of the first show of American Idol?
   
   These hubbers are posting dozens of questions each week! They can't possibly want to know all of those things. They have clearly fallen into the trap of thinking that quantity equals quality. In asking so many questions, quality is bound to deteriorate -- but they persist.
   
   There is at least one other source. As gramarye said, some people who ask particularly abysmal questions have a completely vacant profile, nothing. There seems to be a bit of what I like to think of as guerrilla blogging, going on.
   
   They swoop in -- not unlike vultures -- make some innocuous comments somewhere, advertise their own blogs, other sites, and so forth, thus, theoretically boosting traffic to their own sites. I wonder if they're getting "professional" advice to do this kind of thing.
   
   Come to think of it, I've occasionally been somewhat perplexed at the "hubber" who may have published between 1 and 5 hubs, joined a day or two ago, and yet manage to have thirty, forty, or fifty followers! How did that happen? With such a small body of work, there isn't much to follow yet -- what are they following?
   
   Anyway, I don't think its a lack of intelligence, as much as desperation for Hub score, money, and the pursuit of fame (infamy).

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