Poll...do you wish....?

Question

do you ever wish that people would stop asking the same old questions over and over again? do you wish they would skip to the answers section first to see that some of these questions have been asked and answered many times over?

which style is best? which style is for me? where can i find a school in (insert town/city here) ? what'....come on people.

the internet and the phone book are seriously your best bets for finding out 1 what is and isn't available to you. 2 which art or school you like the best. 3 which one meets your needs best. and that's the simple truth.

rather than asking a bunch of people you don't know for advice (and there is alot of immature nonsense answers on this site), do some research before asking a question that alot of people tend to get tired of answering over and over.

i wish this was more like a real forum. we could have sticky posts that refer members to previously answered questions where they can find the answers for themselves

Answer 1

I disagree. People ask repeated questions to try and get more point of views on  a particular question. And for all the what style is best for me well no man is the same as another so refering him to similar posts wouldn't get him the exact informations he needs. And for the schools well this is a Q and A section not a research for yourself site. Yes yahoo is a search engine, however this is a section where you ask others for advise. You can't get upset when people use it to ask questions to which they don't know have aleady been asked.

Answer 2

Yes.

Answer 3

Some of the questions like that I can understand because they want other peoples' opinions or experiences. Even if they did do a search the answer might not quite be relevant to them or it might be old and they want new opinions.

I personally don't mind seeing those questions. The ones I think are idiotic are "Do you think Bruce Lee if he were alive could beat _____?" or" Do you think Chuck Norris is the best martial artist?"

Or when people use Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris as there answer to the questions they don't like.

That is nonsense.

Answer 4

YES! And the questions like, Who is the best martial artist of all time? and, Who do you think will win the fight on friday? and stuff like that!

Answer 5

i agree wholeheartedly. i have been actively engaged in martial arts for 45 plus years and do get very peeved at the calibre of questions asked.i think there should be a seperate forum for M M A,PLUS SILLY QUESTIONS SHOULD BE FILTERED OUT

Answer 6

I agree with you. It gets tiresome answering the same question over and over, but when i see 4 responses to a question and none of them make sense or are totally off base because "(insert name of style here) is the best", especially if the person did not even mention that style, or are way off base because so many people have no idea what they are talking about, but feel that watching Tv or the UFC makes them experts, I feel kind of obligated to try and provide a good answer, even thoguh there are many on here with valid answers, and I am far from the expert on many styles or techniques. I would like to see a section at the top that says..frequently asked questions. Might put a stop to a lot of it.

Answer 7

Ha ha h**l YES! The only problem is PEOPLE are lazy. They don't take the time to read the blurb that comes up under their post saying "SIMILAR QUESTIONS".

Of course on top of that are the trolls running around giving BS answers and making up ludicrous explanations. Too bad we will never be able to stop it... Unless Y/A! made some permanent live moderators that could have absolute control over their respective sections.

Answer 8

You just expressed my feelings exactly. I've cut back on answering questions for the same reasons.

Answer 9

There all dam Trolls!

Answer 10

Hey I will answer and gain points all day for those constant questions. If they are too lazy to search and lose points, so be it. I dont know if people feel different if the exact question comes from them and somebody else. Maybe they expect a better answer or tell them what they want to hear. I love when I give an opinion and someone argues with me about it. Hey its my friggin opinion, if you dont like it dont ask.

Answer 11

Just skip those questions, I mean this has to be the 20th time I have seen this type of question so it falls into the same catagory for me.

Answer 12

yes

but I also wish for politicians who have principles and a public that would vote for them

I also wish that I will win the lottery

and of those three I know which is the most likely.

Answer 13

its freakin YAHOO. some people take themselves way too serious.