Weed Out The Saddos Asking Dumb Questions !!!

paraffin | 18:04 Tue 07th Apr 2009 | Site Suggestions

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How many questions on AB are total drivel? 50% ???

Get shot of the trivial timewasters who obviously have far too much time on their hands and too little brainpower with which to occupy it !!!

Are we ever going to get the tme out problem sorted?

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weeal

Youre not going to get a site with only sensible questions - and who's opinion will decide whats drivel exactly?

obNOXious

Well true enough the powers of google do appear lost on them, but how and who enforces what is a sensible question or not, is the problem?

Gormless

Sites can choose to eliminate drivel, and even a great deal of humour and good sense. All they need to do is appoint a handful of moderators with banning POWER, and let them loose. Then you get hilarious stuff like 24 hour posting bans, grade 1 warnings, grade 2 spankings, all sorts of other stuff which ultimately becomes the PermaBann.

Cerescape tried this. Take a look now :(

kempie

One person's definition of "drivel" may differ wildly from another's.

Different people have different standards. Someone may deem something trivial which another person, for example, may find worthy.

"Get shot of the trivial timewasters who obviously have far too much time on their hands and too little brainpower with which to occupy it !!!"
Apart from the rudeness of your phrase, you do not give any example of what, in your opinion, could be construed as "total drivel". Therefore it is difficult for anyone else to make an appraisal, yes?

(Sound familiar?)

You are indeed a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma but ultimately trapped in a contradiction.

Sachs

Is'nt there room for serious and not so serious as long as it's not offending anyone in particular?

tiggerblue10

Ditto Sachs :o)

vivandorron

I agree paraffin; although some folk may think that we are being somewhat pompous......Ron.

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vivandorron

kempie...I also agree with you......Ron.

legendis.god

Put it this way.

9 out of 10 of the answers that ethel posts here can easily be googled.

Meaning that a majority of posts here arent necessary ,,, except fopr the fact folk feel theyd rather post here than google.

so do we need a google filter?

we already egt asked and shown previous similar questions.yet folk still post stuff like cheap flights?
where can i get a battery for my toshiba laptop etc etc etc

the site survives because of drivel.

Serious unasked questions are in the minority.

most questions have ben asked before .at least once.

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jadeymodel

I disagree COMPLETELY...

for starters how can you justify what is a 'ood' question to what is a 'bad' question??
Surely if someone has something to ask no matter how silly they can do so on this...

Brain power has nothing to do with asking quesions. I truely believe the smartest of people ask questions. The wise think they know it all, really they dont!

no-knowledge

what did you have for supper paraffin?