Why is it that, a reasonable question will get zero, or maybe one, great question award, but the answers will get multiple great answer awards?

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I’m very new on the site, but I believe we’re meant to spend the majority of our time answering questions. It increases the knowledge pool. Our ability to ask questions is limited to make us think twice before asking and to think long and hard about the best way to word a question.

@hawaii_jake Nice!

The link is at the top. We have to scroll up to click it. We are lazy.

Asking questions for the sake of asking questions can (in some cases) diminish quality… whereas if you have to put some effort into wording it (among other things) then chances are you’ll take the time to ask a quality question. So the idea is to spend a bit more time answering questions and getting a feel for what makes a quality question. Then ask away. And what @johnpowell said.. we’re too lazy to scroll up.

The site creators are not the ones giving the points.

Every time this question is asked, most people say they just don’t think to award GQs and have to remind themselves, whereas clicking GA when reading comments seems to come very naturally. A reminder like this will make a difference for a while.

I can’t speak for everyone else, but I know that I sometimes forget to give someone a “great question” because I’m eager to actually contribute and answer the question. Before I start answering, I always read through all of the other answers and “great answer” someone along the way if I feel they deserve it. Sometimes I find myself going back to a question a day or two later because I realized that I forgot to give someone a “great question”.

I’m too slow. What @Jeruba said. :)

You may get more GA’s but it all adds up if you need that. I love it

JP is so right! LOL

I should add that I tried to come up with a GQ button at the bottom. But I failed. Anyone can give it a shot.

It could also be that for some folks that the enswer is way more relevant to them than the question. Once you read through some of the answers it get’s the old brainbox ticking and if you see an answer that’s smoking! you click GA. maybe perhaps….......

* cough * Sympathy GQ * cough *

just kidding…just kidding!

You are very perceptive. Welcome to Fluther!

A “reasonable” question may not be a “great” question, but some answers may be.

Other than that, what @DrasticDreamer said. :)

It’s just society. XD Liberals lurving liberals just because they agree. Republicans doing the same.. etc etc

Most people don’t even GQ a GQ! They GQ that stupid question that was perverted or funny! XD I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen a 10GQ question that I thought was a stupid question.. and a real GQ that had a big fat goose egg until I got there…Of course, it’s well known that I’m a black sheep in this crowd anyway.. xD

There’s an art to asking questions. Some people ask questions about things they want to know, and it’s important to know. Some people ask questions to start a discussion or to be funny. Some people ask questions just to ask questions. And some people take care to crafting their questions to allow people the most openness in replying.

Bad questions (those that are unclear due to fractured English or insufficient detail) should be flagged, so the person can have a chance to explain what they are after. Good questions should be rewarded, although in the past, people have often overlooked that. It’s surprising when some says, “this is a really good question,” and the question has no GQs. Of course, that happens with answers, too. So it goes.

~~@NaturalMineralWater – you’re taking the : out of :D~~

@johnpowell A Great question button that follows you down while scrolling? I always wanted a back-to-top button to do the same, so I made a script that adds these 2 buttons that sit on the top right corner of your screen.

Here’s a screenshot, and here’s the script itself.

@markyy I just installed your script… too awesome! way to go!

@Dr_C Thanks, now 2 people are using it ;)

Because people automatically start reading answers and don’t have the GQ thing right there at hand like they do with the answers.