I hate to admit it but yes. As a matter of fact, I was just looking at a few questions (I won't mention the names for fear of being downrated by those people) and it didn't even appear to be a real question. It's frusterating. I enjoy learning and discussing things that require knowledge or thought... not pointless things that pollute the pages of Answerbag :D

I have onloy been here a very short time so I dont know about a year ago, but it seems even in the month I have been here things like what does your shirt say right now? gets points up the ying yang, but question where you are accually looking for information on something you get downrated? This doesnt make any sense to me... but then again I`m just a newbie

I can't comment on the state of things a year ago, but I must say a fair proportion of questions seem to be devoted to "what pill is this?", "am I pregnant?" and "God is great vs God is non-existant" (I follow the latter side by the way). I do tend to avoid these questions now, unless I can't see anything that really interests me or that I haven't a single clue about.

We're here to help people, not to make them help everyone else. That question is important to the person who asked it, that should be enough.

Because, this is a question and answer forum. Nothing more, there will be no profound experiences, no world changes, just things questions that people want answers to. Why haven't you?

For some people, questions involving their friend and cousin's boyfriend ARE important. Maybe not for you, but different issues are important to different people. We all have different lives, different situations we need to deal with and different questions we need answering.

You're a jerk.

i'm just adding to the previous answer, if a question is asked honestly how can it be irrelevant? how do you define a relevant question anyway?

Those types of questions can be found in other categories. I call them the "Brainiac" categories, and I really have no desire spending several minutes writing out paragraph after parargraph, answering those type of questions.I do my own research and don't feel the need to ask "serious" questions on a website as such. I use this platform as a sense of entertainment, and it's great at the same time, if I need a serious answer, I can get one.

Relationship questions are among the MOST important questions people can ask. Why would you think they're stupid or irrelevant?

You are missing the whole point of AB....it is to ask anything that is on your mind and what is important to you at that very moment.

Would you like to show us how to do it then?

If you dont like the questions asked, then ask more of your own!

Just to annoy the likes of you, my pretty.

Why do narrow-minded people like you go on AB would be a better question.

Here's a question for you: What does the symbolism in your avatar mean?

the questions are important to someone -

Way to go saying everyone on here asks stupid and irrelevant questions! If you want to log on here and answer only important questions, just go to the category that interests you the most and yo can narrow down the questions you see. We have to be tolerant in this aspect because one mans search for an answer is another mans stupid question.

wake up call about us folks here on ab for ya, ok no matter what question it is , or how lame it may seam to other folks like you, ab was created by a bunch of great guys with a sence of humour . ab is a place to share your daily crap, have a good laugh meet new and intresting people. its about the good and the bad, the stupid and the lame . it about having a good time when you real life sucks. its about family , love, and most of all friends. and i dare anyone to disagree with me .

Well, how would you define "important"? Personally I think there is room for all sorts of questions on AB but in a way I sympathise with your frustration - sometimes I wish the newly asked questions board would provide something a bit more meaty to get my teeth into than "what's your favorite colour?" - relationship questions as long as they make sense and deal with legitimate universal problems I don't mind so much. Although I have found that when I ask more factual based questions, that require some form of expert knowledge (even if it's only a recipe) or special interest tend to take much longer to get answered - if they get answered at all - which is probably precisely why so many people don't bother. Have a look at the unanswered questions list sometime - seriously how many of those can you actually anser with any degree of expertise? Although I'm way beyond giving a monkey's about ratings I do also find it quite amusing that some of my longer more involved answers to questions I thought were particularly interesting, or I was able to draw on knowledge and experience seem to linger around the 3 points mark, whereas telling people what kind of car I drive (which any idiot could do) gets me something like 105. I think there's a knock on effect too. When newbies come along they see the first page is full of a certain kind of question and they think that is what the site is about - so they leap in with their own, similar questions. I'm sure I've actually seen someone berated for asking a "boring" question - and there's nothing more frustrating than thinking your question's been answered then to log on and find some bright spark has either said "I don't know", made an uneducated guess, or found some way to use it as a platform for their political opinions. So I guess if you want more interesting questions you have to up the ante and start posing some, and hopefully encouraging others to do the same.

Mr. McClister... who pissed in your cornflakes? Everyone has different levels of "relevant". I don't feel that I always ask the most intelligent questions but they are things I would like feedback on. Did you get your laxative and your valium mixed up?

Who are you to judge what question is, or is not, stupid and irrelevant? I am certain that whoever is asking about their friend and your (huh??) cousin's boyfriend has a serious problem and needs advice. If you do not like a question, pass it by.

I think its a very honest question, and brave of you to go out there and mention it. I agree there is some really dumb questions on AB. Go ahead, neg me death, couldnt care less.

If someone didn't think that they are important to THEM, they pbviously wouldn't have asked. Some ask silly questions because they know that their friends will answer & get into the groove with them. Who are you to think what someone' asks is stupid??? I think you just asked a stupid question by undermining someone who needs advice or feedback. You may be on the wrong website. You need to check out www.asshole.com & stop trashing everyone on here. I am sure that you asked some pretty stupid questions your self. You aren't related to J.A. are you???? You guys should check each others profile & get aquainted because you guys have a lot in common.

I agree with the top answers, though I see where you are coming from and I agree with you also. There are some actually ludicrous questions and answers on here. it just depends on what you mean by stupid, but I think it's quite obvious what the stupid questions are.

Yes!

It's even more thru now in 2009