Question

I cant understand why people use yahoo answers and other sites to quickly post the answers as a link i just encountered a situation where a user who was rewarded for such a use .they havent done anything on the qn still given medals :( i took my time to answer this .i was dissapointed :(
http://openstudy.com/study?login#/updates/4fcb51a0e4b0c6963ad4f69c

Answer 1

@parthkohli, @apoorvk, what u guys think?

Answer 2

If an asker is only looking for an answer, then they will tend to pick the first one they get and leave without a discussion. For people who are trying to learn and study, they will hang around and interact with the answerers.

Answer 3

@amistre64 isnt openstudy for learning ??I think no one is encouraged to look for answers here!

Answer 4

we cant dictate peoples motives, we can only try to get them to adhere to the intent of this site.

Answer 5

my main concern is if this kind of activity like posting links to solved answers is according to the intent of the site

Answer 6

the link seems to be rather thorough in its answer tho.

Answer 7

hmm.. u see i saw the qn and spent a lot of time to write that out ,while somebody who passed by posted a link and got all the medals i was dissapointed

Answer 8

the link itself is not a bad thing, its a tool people use to help clarify a position. As long as they are not trying to take credit for a copy paste, then there seems to be no ethical thing involved

Answer 9

your response to the question was good, but overall; its the luck of the draw

Answer 10

k . i see i just wanted to knw thx anyway

Answer 11

good luck :)

Answer 12

i find it funny though...why didnt the asker just ask in yahoo answers if he would just accept yahoo answer answers =)))))

Answer 13

^that lol