When someone asks a question on Yahoo answers

[Niamh.]

Or any other site, when there is a straight answer to the question, why do people keep answering with the exact same thing? Like this example here, the first person gave the answer, then 10 other people replied...........saying the exact same thing :conf:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070823174803AAEUVjm

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

some people are just dumb

[MTVN]

Probably trying to get points or whatever it is you get for answering questions

[Niamh.]

Oh you get points for that? You should be deducted points tbh :pipe:

[Ramsay]

for points

[Niamh.]

Karl, stop copying Matts answer :bored:

[Locke.]

I believe they are interested in collecting some points for the answer they provided

[MTVN]

Niamh has already voted my reply as best answer

[Maia]

For points I think

Source: Myself

[Niamh.]

http://i.imgur.com/mH1MM.gif

[Ramsay]

hey look its miles

[Niamh.]

that's not Miles, is it? :suspect:

[Ramsay]

it looks like him

[MTVN]

It's also dumb how people bother asking these questions on yahoo answers when you could find out in about 5 seconds by googling

[Niamh.]

lol, that's true, that's what I was doing when I came across that example I gave :laugh:

[Black Dagger]

I think they get them for points.

[Niamh.]

Oh thanks for that Lucas, very informative :pipe:

[Black Dagger]

No problem, anytime :pipe:

[GypsyGoth]

Maybe for points, but I'm not sure :shrug:

[thesheriff443]

whats all this pointing too.

[Jordan.]

some people are just dumb

[Black Dagger]

Maybe for points, but I'm not sure :shrug:

Yeah, it's for points I think.

[Redway]

Well, it's just for points, see. A bit like post count on here. Some people over on Yahoo feel the need to spam to high heavens just to get points that you can't actually do anything with. But that's people for you, I suppose.

[Shaun]

I think it's for points! =) x