Why do people keep asking the same questions?

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As I typed this question, I was presented by the following:

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But I feel compelled to ask anyway. Sometimes I see the same question like 3 times in 10 minutes!

Answer 1

Maybe they were not satisfied with the answers they found. Each time a question isa asked, you get different answers. You are commiting the crime that you are accusing others of...wow that's smart. Mayber they do it for the same reason you do.

Answer 2

You are doing it yourself.......

Answer 3

They may ask them in several categories to increase thier chances of getting answers.

Answer 4

I reckon they either cant think of anything  and just want points (they don`t get prizes thank God) or its another Yahoo **** up.

Answer 5

Well I try to do a search before I ask a question but I think people have questions and then they ask before they look.  A lot of questions can be found by using a search engine but that does not stop people either.

I guess my question is why do I answer the same questions more then once.

Answer 6

too hard to actually search for the question i guess...Maybe they don't like the answers in the other questions...no clue really.

Answer 7

Maybe they are not getting the answer they want to hear.

Answer 8

Look who's talking..... sometimes i also do that repetition .... most probably  ALL of us.

Answer 9

They don't bother reading the type that pops up.

They don't bother reading the search results.

They are ignorant.

They want their own question answered to reply a winner award.

Ownership of the question.

Answer 10

I  guess  because   exactly the  same issues   are on the minds of   a  lot of people.     They may be  the  same   basic  questions,  but they  are  being  asked by  a lot of   very different people.     It's bound to happen  that    certain    problems/issues/dilemmas/life situations  occur in the lives of   people more commonly  than others.

                 A  point of  far  more curiosity  to me than  this,   is    why   so many people    ask   questions  that    they   surely  have   enough  sense to    realise   nobody can  possibly  answer,   who   doesn't  know  anything about them,  and based on  so little information given.   Also,   why do  so many  people   ask certain  types of   medical   questions   here  when   anyone with  half  an  ounce of working  brain   should know to  go  see a doctor.

Answer 11

People ask the same question because they don't realize that it's already been asked. AND they don't know how to find the answer.

Answer 12

First, I honestly think that people are somehow blinded to the "search for questions" button on the screen. Like when you look for something and find it right in front of you after having it missed it a few times.

Second, I think so many answers pop up that it overwhelms people. Maybe if Yahoo limited it to the 10 most recent answers (and more if you chose to go on) people would not be overwhelmed and actually read some of them.

Third, questions that appear the same in the title often have different sub questions that may not have been asked before.

Fourth, since I regard it as related issue did you ever notice that people do not read the answers already posted before they answer a question? At least it appears that way to me. Of course maybe they just want the points and don't care about being helpful (shrug)

Answer 13

people are lazy and don't look up already answered questions.   so - the real question to ask is why are people lazy?

Answer 14

I think people want answers from people they feel are "present"..with them. We get SO MANY recorded answers every time we make a phone call etc. It's nice to know that someone is really "out there"..close to us ..if even only "psychically" or "mentally". ("pork"guy is funny...he made me laugh..A SPONTANEOUS  laugh is worth a 1000 jokes sometimes)(and he went to so much trouble to do that!) I know you are serious..and I am too..but sometimes..it's good to break the seriousness.) I like that we're all "communing " with each other. If I don't get good answers on here..I'll go back and research. But I like to ask ya'll first..otherwise there might not be any questions asked on here.And I kinda feel you might be" out there "on this site for a reason.(uuuuueeeeeoooowwwweeeuuuuu) (that's a "psi phi" sound!)lol