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by AB-Joel on July 27th, 2007
On Answerbag, we allow our members to flag questions as either "conversational" or "educational". We do this to allow people to see only the types of questions they're really interested in. If you're here to chat or meet people, the "conversational" questions are for you, but if you're here to learn something specific or learn about a topic, the "educational" questions are the way to go. We will be adding filters for questions to the site gradually where we see the need.
We would rather not put specific definitions on "educational" and "conversational" because everyone has their own concept of what these words mean. Because there are no hard rules to say if a question is education or conversational, we're leaving it up you guys to decide!
by Koz - Passion Perseverance Patience on September 8th, 2007
In my opinion, if there seems to be any knowledge to be gained from the question, then it should be marked educational, if it is a thought provoking or anecdotal question for the purpose of humor or conversation, then it should be conversational.
by Sheepingly needs no handy men only hugs on July 27th, 2007
Educational questions are questions that educate a person about a particular subject. It could be a definition, an event, how to fix something, where to buy something, etc.
Conversational questions tend to be trivial in nature, hypothetical situation type of questions, or more logic type of questions.
by djkphxaz on March 27th, 2008
I believe those terms are subjective unless you need to know for an educational classified survey.
by iwnit on July 13th, 2008
1) If you want to know why this feature was introduced and how it is supposed to work, read AB-Joel's own answer to this question here:
http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/1140063
2) I noticed that this flagging is not a widely used feature. Many questions get no more than the flagging of the asker, an some not even that.
For this reason, this flagging is also not very reliable.
This means that if you use the "hide conversational questions" checkbox, you could still get a lot of (inacurately flagged) conversational questions and hide a lot of (inacurately flagged) educational questions.
I think that except maybe by asking their questions, most users consider this flagging a loss of time and just don't do it.
2) If you are tired of displaying always a lot of conversational questions on your question lists, try to use the filter to hide conversational questions. There is no filter to hide educational questions.
3) If a question can be "killed" after it has received a couple of accurate answers, it will usually be educational. Conversational question can rarely be "killed" and that is the reason why they get usually the most answers and the most points.
4) If you are not sure which one to choose, you could also not flag it.
by MsLene on December 27th, 2007
The answer may be conversational for you, but it would be educational for me, because I would be in fact learning something I didn't know.
by Yarnlady is happy every day on March 5th, 2008
If you flag a question conversational then people can click to hide it. If you want more people to see it, flag it educational so it can't be hidden.
by gitffy on June 30th, 2008
why Education is so important?
by Anonymous on June 5th, 2008
there is no clear definition about them.but u can find them in google search ingine sying education vs conversation
by DA BEN DAN yanggui zi on December 27th, 2007
I'm not really too certain that anyone is using that option on here.
by Greenwing3 on March 27th, 2008
If the question that is posted is talking about how to do something or accomplish something, it should be educational, if it is just a normal opinion question, then it should be flagged as conversational.
by djkphxaz on March 27th, 2008
I believe either of those terms are subject to the person asking the question.
by buttercup on March 23rd, 2008
i just would like to know peoples opinion...
by Anonymous on March 19th, 2008
I want to ask a question, Where I can do that?
by Anonymous on March 5th, 2008
it might get too personal and you don't want other people knowing your privacy
by -O-uknow on March 2nd, 2008
If there be nothing to learn from it flag it BS'ing.
by Kaytee on January 31st, 2008
not sure
by ub00t on January 5th, 2008
It is feeling, learn other ppl something or is it more smalltalk for Party
by minnie on October 28th, 2007
I think it could be both !! I would like to know the
answers myself
by cblmom on October 4th, 2007
educational questions you learn some about a topic
by Anonymous on November 25th, 2009
I believe that if a question is made to inform, than it is educational, but if it is opiniated, than it is conversational.
by jlow on November 24th, 2009
If you need to ask that question you are better off flagging it conversational
by Anonymous on November 23rd, 2009
If you think it's there to bring out opinions etc then it would be conversational and if it's there for specific facts etc then it would be educational.
+5
by Karkhan on October 25th, 2009
Education teaches you things. I learn nothing here so this is a conversational question.
by amber8 on December 28th, 2008
what should i do if my boobs dont grow i try arry thing
by lulu on December 24th, 2008
does it have a question mark
by bazza on December 23rd, 2008
Take a guess.
by fazanali on November 28th, 2008
A company reports each year its circulation quarterly. During the time the year was the total annual turnover of SEK 10 million. In the second quarter turnover was 9% lower than in the first. During the third quarter turnover was 2% higher than during the second and the fourth turnover rose by 7% compared with the previous one.
by Anonymous on November 26th, 2008
what ever floats your boat ? , but beware it could back fire on you !!!
by moukado12 on November 18th, 2008
how can i get identificatio number for my spous non risident?
by Anonymous on November 17th, 2008
how can you describe velocity
by bassey on November 3rd, 2008
is education
by riz200100 on October 31st, 2008
what is Hume's definition of compatiblism
by Anonymous on October 10th, 2008
its educational question
by Anonymous on October 8th, 2008
eeducational
by Anonymous on October 8th, 2008
If it answers my f#*%&#@ question.
by dead leaves raked in a pile on October 7th, 2008
So few are flagged it isn't a very useful attribute
If it were a required field when posting a question then all users would be more aware of it and it would have a chance of being used
by crackers on September 21st, 2008
leave a trailor on purchased piece of property for more than one month
by Anonymous on September 18th, 2008
can you help me get into my daughter myspace please
by parisb on September 11th, 2008
Do vitamins have calories
by Angela on August 16th, 2008
I am trying to writ the letter for Airline, saying that one of our paient from Dr Office is not fillig to good to travel on such and such day. could you please help me out to writ this letter thank you .
by Anonymous on August 8th, 2008
I would like know if my gold fishes is a girl or boy.
by bugger54 on August 5th, 2008
yeah... uh, what he said!!!!!
by Anonymous on July 31st, 2008
if have choose among them by clicking the button indicated..
by Anonymous on July 27th, 2008
educational
by Anonymous on July 24th, 2008
educational
by Anonymous on July 24th, 2008
educational
by chusta on July 21st, 2008
i want to know every information about pc repair,installation and maintanance
by fred on July 19th, 2008
Whats the difference between osteoarthritis & rheumatoid arthritis ? Is either worse than other ?
by fred on July 19th, 2008
Whats the difference between osteoarthritis & rheumatoid arthritis ? Is either worse than other ?
Who do YOU think was the WORST president? and WHY?
by bauermeisterquicksell on February 10th, 2012
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"I want to answer this, but I don't want to be the first one to answer it!" Do you ever feel this way about Answerbag questions?
by AnonymousGirl on February 9th, 2012
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Answerbag is boring when_________?
by LoverOfSophia on February 9th, 2012
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Don't you, too, LOL about some of the "to choose" categories which come up before posting the question? it's hilarious.
by shunyata on February 8th, 2012
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How come when i ask a question, it doesn't show up?
by sleepy kitty on February 8th, 2012
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That sounds like a good plan.
by Oddjob on July 27th, 2007
Good addition to the site. It's nice that you have a fantastic website but still manage to make it better and add things without messing it up.
by tqj2004 on August 3rd, 2007
Joel, your question got more points than your answer. That seems like a conundrum to me.
by tomsims on August 4th, 2007
so where does your question go if you don't choose
by DA BEN DAN yanggui zi on August 18th, 2007
Thanks for the info:..........................M.C.S.
by - M.C.S. - Dave on November 8th, 2007
What if you have an educational conversation? Those are my favourite type of conversations!
by Lhamo on December 30th, 2007
Ab,Joel what has changed since, the time your were directing me to a problem that was I believe corrected? remember my screen? lite up with an attention grabbing error that was in need of attention. O.K question where do I find out who is in second place in the military-guns category?
by chuck on April 27th, 2008
Good Answer, AB Joel!!!!!
Very Truly Yours,
Ron Berue
Yes, that is my real last name!
by R_Berue on August 15th, 2008
recently i forgot to leave the door unlocked for my cleaning girl to get in the morning .she comes early and one day i forgot to leave the door unlocked. after ringing and pounding on the door she told me the thought perhaps i was sick or even dead. about to go down to the building manager for help i woke up and let her in. she was very upset and told me the next time it happened she would give me a spanking. since that time the thought of having her spank me turns me on and i wonder if i should try it. any suggestions?
by Anonymous on October 25th, 2008
I don't think this is nessesary. You can tell simply by the text of the question if it's conversational or educational.
by Isaac on April 13th, 2009
joel,please provide a means to directly chat with our added friends. then it adds more fun. :-)
by spiderman on June 18th, 2009