Do you think people should be required to put their age in their question heading?

Question

It would certainly save me a lot of time from opening seemingly interesting questions in this section and then finding out that the person asking it is in middle school....

Answer 1

That would be fantastic.

I cant stand all these 14 year old's writing essays because of their angst

Answer 2

In addition to having long winded opinions on pretty much everything, I have a fantastic memory. Remember this question? https://answersrip.com/question/index?qid=20081221175346AADT34k



You did get best answer.



If you see a question, the line below will read:

"In Singles & Dating - Asked by asig33882003 - 7 answers - 2 days ago - Open"



It would be easy enough for Yahoo to ask for a birth date to all registered users and the line would could read:

"In Singles & Dating - Asked by asig33882003 - 24 y/o - 7 answers - 2 days ago - Open"



Unfortunately the same issues that you found in my idea apply here. To get more answers, middle schoolers could create accounts with fake birthdays.



Personally, I like answering the questions in this section, even though a lot of them suck. I try to use contacts that are good at picking out some of the more interesting queries from the more mature askers.



One thing Yahoo could do to help is allow us to sort the open questions in various sections by different variables. For instance, you might want to sort open questions in Singles & Dating based upon the number of stars they receive. b/c people don't star "Omg!!!!.lol.bnew bf,he dumped another gir; for me XD?" You might also weed out the junk by sorting the open questions by the number of answers they received. b/c not a lot of people are gonna answer "Omg!!!!.lol.bnew bf,he dumped another gir; for me XD?" either. But there would be other advantages for users with a different agenda. Someone trying to bolster their best answers, might want to sort questions with the fewest answers so that they can find older ones that everyone else neglected where they have less competition. Right now, we can only sort questions by date and time of posting. That seems kind of silly, doesn't it?? Plus if they default sort was by recently asked, most people would be too stupid too figure out how to sort it differently.



I do agree w/ you that anything that can be done to help weed out some of the retarded questions would be great.



EDIT:

Okay, now I feel dumb b/c you can sort open questions by the number of answers they received and not by date. Perhaps you would find more fun questions to deal w/ doing that. Maybe I will too.

Answer 3

I think it would be a good idea in all types of questions. This would allow one to be able to write at their level and have a good idea of how to write the answer tailored for thier age.Sometimes people get offended when I explain things in way for a 8 year old to understand when they are much older. It makes them think that I think they are stupid. But the real reason is that I don't know their age so I write in a way that almost any age would understand.

Answer 4

I think most of the time you can tell by the way it is worded and even the question its self at least I can

Answer 5

Absolutely ! This would allow me to skip at least 50% of the questions I look at. Very good idea !

Answer 6

I just avoid questions with ridiculously bad spelling and/or grammar. Saves me a lot of hassle.

Answer 7

No. That would be an invasion of privacy. If people want precise good answers for their questions they should voluntarily state their age. But no one should be forced to do that.

Answer 8

Why u don't like the f'in 12 yr old asking the stupid sex Q's

Answer 9

no, you can always pick out the dumb ones anyway... if there is a question asked, it deserves to be answered. you dont hav to answer every single question.

Answer 10

It would be pointless, people would lie about their age. It's too much effort to verify ID.

Answer 11

if da question is riten lyk this then u can usually tell

Answer 12

That would be pretty cool and unique.

Answer 13

yes,andhow old are you and what questions are you asking that need an age group for?sounds kinky we should chat?im 24

Answer 14

Probably.



And women should also be required to put their bra size and number of previous sexual partners.

Answer 15

Why yes, yes I do

Answer 16

I support this topic.

Answer 17

certainly.

Answer 18

you can usually pick out the stupid ones

Answer 19

how old are you? lol

Answer 20

sure, why not? -------------