There are also questions with only one objectively correct answer that is easily findable with a basic web search. That’s usually why I downvote here.
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radix@lemmy.world 4 days ago
There are bad faith questions[1], (at least somewhat) self-answering questions[2], and poorly asked questions[3].
[1] “Are you still cheating on your spouse?” type questions that are meant to evoke a response rather than ask a real question that deserves an answer.
[2] is a little harder to define, but I have definitely seen a few where even the smallest amount of thought about what is being asked would make the answer obvious.
[3] includes questions that have so many answers depending on factors not specified that they’re impossible to answer without writing a book covering every assumption that goes into each possibility.
gastroglizzy@piefed.social 4 days ago
dustyData@lemmy.world 4 days ago
The worst are the troll questions. They’re just meant to stir flamewars in the comments. No one, specially the OP, is interested in the actual answer.
gastroglizzy@piefed.social 4 days ago
Sometimes, OP already knows exactly what answer(s) they’ll get, they just want to
dustyData@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Sure, but let’s imagine. If there’s a conference somewhere (it doesn’t matter what it is about), and you go there and start screaming on a loudspeaker anti con-topic questions to try to make someone to punch you in the face. You will get punched in the face and then kicked out, probably banned for life, from said conference.
Now, you could argue, that you were trying to get the most toxic people in the con to mask-off themselves. But you will still be just an asshole. It’s unhinged behavior, you are the toxic people in the comm. There are rules and a purpose to the space, so don’t cry and whine when you get kicked out when you break such rules.