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What percentage of all asked questions do you answer?

Asked by poisonedantidote (21680points) January 22nd, 2011

I ask this, because I was just doing a little reflecting on how I use Fluther.com and noticed, that while I could give some kind of answer to more or less all of the questions, I refrain for one reason or another (usually cause I don’t know quite enough) and instead only answer about 10% to 20% of all questions, on any given day.

What percentage of questions do you answer, and what are your reasons for doing so?

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Judi's avatar

very few anymore.

janbb's avatar

Really depends on the day, the questions, my mood and the amount of time I feel like spending. Some of the time I will whiz down the list and answer several; other days I shrug and move away from Fluther. How that translates into percentages, I have no idea.

flutherother's avatar

I would guess about one in eight on average.

Kardamom's avatar

Maybe about 5 percent. I almost always answer the food related questions and ones about relationships and questions asking for interesting ideas about travel or making crafts or good books and movies. I never answer the ones about technical computer stuff, because I know nothing about that. Same goes for any questions about video games. I try to answer some of the questions about medical issues, but I usually try to implore the asker to consult a doctor and not simply rely on the answers we give. I’m afraid there are a lot of people out there relying on fluthers to give them medical advice. That worries me.

tranquilsea's avatar

I’m in the 5% to 10% range on any given day.

filmfann's avatar

First off, not all questions draw my attention. I am guessing I only see about 40% in my Questions For You.
I delete about 70%, just because I don’t feel I can contribute, or have anything I can joke about.
Of the remaining, I will look at about a third, and not answer, but contribute lurve for someone saying what I was thinking. I will answer the rest, but that varies with the number of questions that day.

Cruiser's avatar

I have no idea so I will refrain from answering this one. ;)

DrBill's avatar

about 5%
I avoid stupid questions, My arm fell off, should I go to the doctor?

I avoid questions that have no point, If our knees were backwards, what would chairs look like?

I avoid questions that already have 50+ answers

DeanV's avatar

Less than 1%, probably.

AmWiser's avatar

I have no idea, since there are no defined number of questions asked each day. I do know I’m good for answering at least 5 questions a day. Not much, in the grand scheme of things, is it?

mrentropy's avatar

2%, like my milk.
@DrBill Kelly Bundy, yay!

YARNLADY's avatar

I probably answer about 10% of all asked questions.

Sunny2's avatar

1%? I may read a question because the subject interests me because I don’t know anything about it and want to get information, but I have nothing to say. I may not answer because I have nothing to add. I give GA’s for the answers that are what I would have said. Sometimes I’ve started to write an answer and my reply gets too complicated. I may start over or just forget it because I don’t have time to think it through right then. And I may erase an answer because it just sounds dumb…... I don’t like to sound dumb.

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