Does it matter to you if other people answer your questions? (beliefs)

[Bishka]

When you ask a question do you expect it to be answered? When a question is asked by someone else, do you expect them to answer their own?

[Random]

Originally Posted by beckysoup61

When you ask a question do you expect it to be answered?

I think if one values truth and openness, not to mention po-liteness, then it is not unreasonable to expect that ones questions get answered with recourse to the best available knowlege/intelligence extant.

Originally Posted by Becky

When a question is asked by someone else, do you expect them to answer their own?

No. This is a value judgement. If you know the answer to your own question, is it worth asking another?

[Mr. Peanut]

Hi!

Us peanuts have tiny brains, well, none really. Are you expecting an answer? Or is this a rhetorical or a closed question? Us peanuts love to answer honest questions! I'm just a peanut though.

Cheers!

[MidnightBlue]

Originally Posted by beckysoup61

When you ask a question do you expect it to be answered? When a question is asked by someone else, do you expect them to answer their own?

In real life, if I ask a question, I damn well expect it to be answered in some way or another.

Online, I sometimes expect it, too, but then, on these forums, there are so many threads going that I may ask a question and never go back for the answer, or I may post and never see a follow-up question. It's all kind of hit or miss. I assume that other people do the same thing.

[stephenw]

Originally Posted by beckysoup61

When you ask a question do you expect it to be answered? When a question is asked by someone else, do you expect them to answer their own?

I hope it will be that's why I ask them.

I don't really expect people to answer their own questions.

[Willamena]

Originally Posted by beckysoup61

When you ask a question do you expect it to be answered?

Wouldn't ask if that expectation wasn't there (unless it was a rhetorical question).

Originally Posted by beckysoup61

When a question is asked by someone else, do you expect them to answer their own?

It doesn't matter to me. Sometimes people just want to see what variety of beliefs are out there.

[Don Penguinoini]

I dont really care, i will still give my own answer.

[ChristineES]

I always hope that if I post a question on these forums, I will get an answer. If it doesn't, it isn't the end of the world. If I ask a person a question to their face and they don't acknowledge it, it makes me uneasy because I wonder if I somehow offended them. There is the chance that they did not hear or understand the question, in which I would hope they say so.

[Gentoo]

I expect my questions to be answered usually by anyone, unless the question is directed towards a specific person, then I expect them to answer it.

[Mestemia]

I would much rather have my question ignored, than to have some non-answer reply to it.

Though it does bother me when someone ignores the question and then states that they have addressed all the points or that they are not ignoring any thing asked.

I do understand that threads can get moving rather fast and that some posts can be missed.
That is why I will sometimes repost my question in the same thread.
Most of the time, it is not because I am being a jerk, but because I wish to give the one the question was directed to a chance to catch it the second or third time.

When I miss a question, I do not have any problems with, and in fact HIGHLY encourage others to send me a PM bringing it to my attention.