Why do you answer questions, and are you really qualified to offer genuine advice?

What motivates you to answer questions posed by people who really are asking for advice? Is it altruism, superiority, or just having a laugh by being a fool?Why do you answer questions, and are you really qualified to offer genuine advice?
i really want to help themWhy do you answer questions, and are you really qualified to offer genuine advice?
For the same reason you feel inclined to ask the questions.
because i am a human, and questions asked are about human things,
Even u also would not be qualified to answer. then what r u doing in this page?


why we answer because we feel that this may be the solution of one's problem and sometime for fun ofcourse.
I take it as a trivia thing to exersise my mental faculties.
Sometimes people want an anonymous opinion - or a variety of anonymous opinions.


Some of the questions seem to be asked by people who have no idea where to go for answers, so I try to help.


Some questions are just for fun - movies and music for instance. I have watched movies and bought CDs based on what I've read on this board.


Sometimes we answer just because we want to, and some questions are clearly not intended to be answered seriously so a silly answer is given.


So to answer your question - altruism and fun
for the points
Who knows. It is fun none the less.
I answer questions when my points drop to zero, so that I can ask some more!
no...i'm not qualified at all to offer any advice...but on the other hand, no one here asking questions seriously looking for professional qualified answers.... to have the qualified answers, you need to pay some specialists.....so who's the fool looking for qualified answers here ??!!
Because I Like ,
Yes, see? I just did.
It depends.


Some questions I answer because I am qualified to answer them. Others I simply direct the person to more credible sources of information. However, when people ask stupid questions (and they do exist), I respond just for the sake of being a dick.
I do not say that all my earlier answers were qualified or not,but I replied my best technically or otherwise.For some,I agreed and for others,I have another option beside the given ideas.I think that it was not for laugh or fool for giving the ideas,it depend on their own final decision making.