I've gotten a couple ridiculous questions in my inbox lately- disgusting questions and some that, i just don't have any idea what to say to them. but i feel bad just not answering these people. does anyone else have this problem?
TheTeenGirl answered Friday March 11 2005, 5:40 am: I've had a few pranks, but all they want is a response, and just rejecting them is what you should do, because they want youn to fight back.
lilrocksta13 answered Friday March 11 2005, 12:21 am: People will encounter the problem sooner or later. My advice is that you tell the person that you can't find the words to put for an answer. They should understand [ lilrocksta13's advice column | Ask lilrocksta13 A Question ]
FlaWlessMonoLith answered Thursday March 10 2005, 7:35 pm: well they dont say discusting things but they tell me that im a sick and bad at giving advice lol but all i can say is to tell that person that you arent compfortable answering them or you can do what i do (read my advice column) and they usually leave you alone [ FlaWlessMonoLith's advice column | Ask FlaWlessMonoLith A Question ]
Erinn_the_bamf answered Thursday March 10 2005, 3:41 pm: Yes. You can either answer their question the best you can and ask them not to ask something like that again or just reject it. I'm sorry but that's all you can do. You can't really set a limit on questions or something. Try asking admin. [ Erinn_the_bamf's advice column | Ask Erinn_the_bamf A Question ]
Karen answered Thursday March 10 2005, 3:00 pm: This has happened to some other people also and if you don't feel comfortable answering these questions, then you don't have to. If you still receive these questions and they get worse, just reject them because this people can't make you answer them.
-Karen [ Karen's advice column | Ask Karen A Question ]
AskMegan answered Thursday March 10 2005, 10:35 am: I get that all the time. If there is a question you don't know how to answer, just tell them you don't know how to answer it. In an adivce collum hunny, there are no rules of conduct when it comes to someone asking you a question. [ AskMegan's advice column | Ask AskMegan A Question ]
MFS answered Thursday March 10 2005, 9:49 am: There have been some instances of an anonymous poster spamming variious forms of erotica to people's inboxes, and there are, of course, stupid people who will just post the dumbest thing they can think of to random inboxes, probably hoping for a response. Don't bother answering those, there's nothing that obligates you to answering anything, so just reject those questions.
If someone asks you a legit question, but you simply have no clue how to answer it, again, don't feel like you have to answer. You can't be expected to be able to answer everything thrown your way. [ MFS's advice column | Ask MFS A Question ]
selectopaque answered Thursday March 10 2005, 8:34 am: I've gotten disgusting questions, and some that I don't know how to answer.
For the questions that I don't know how to answer, I usually give them advice to ask the entire site, if it's a decent question. That way, they can get help from other people, hopefully someone who knows more about the subject.
As for the disgusting questions-this tends to happen when people try over and over again to ask to the entire site, only to have their question deleted. If you get these question often, then you might want to send in an abuse report with a link to the questions. Just make sure you send a link to the "view question" NOT a link to the "answer question" because the level 2's can't go to a link to "answer question" if the question has been asked to a different person. [ selectopaque's advice column | Ask selectopaque A Question ]
karenR answered Thursday March 10 2005, 7:41 am: I've not gotten anything disgusting. I did get a goofy one.Ask a goofy question get a goofy answer is my motto.Just someone acting silly & was kind of a nice change actually! [ karenR's advice column | Ask karenR A Question ]
TeenageCupid answered Thursday March 10 2005, 4:38 am: No, not really. Im new here and I just got 2 questions. They were both good questions and one of them was really serious. Nothing disgusting. I really don't care, if I can answer the question I'll answer it but if I can't I'll be honest with the person and tell them I don't have an answer for their question. [ TeenageCupid's advice column | Ask TeenageCupid A Question ]
russianspy1234 answered Thursday March 10 2005, 1:52 am: on occasion, but i have no problem answering disgusting questions. you could always answer them with something along the lines of telling them not to do it, or you can tell them you arent comfortable asnwering soemthing like that. [ russianspy1234's advice column | Ask russianspy1234 A Question ]
Kr4z3y_Ch3lly answered Thursday March 10 2005, 1:51 am: Well it might be some of your friends just playing tricks on you cause thats what happend to me. But if your sure its not your friends then theres nothing you can do about it. If the question makes you feel uncomfurtable just dont answer it. Its not mean dont worry. Theyll just go ask someone else! And if its rediculously stupid and doenst even sound like a real question tell them that. Cause some people on her are just fakers who like to ask dumb questions..LoL sorry i didnt really help! [ Kr4z3y_Ch3lly's advice column | Ask Kr4z3y_Ch3lly A Question ]
Sherry answered Thursday March 10 2005, 12:05 am: Yeah, everyone gets them and usally its people just being stupid. So most of the time their fake..if you feel uncomfortable about answering a question, then dont answer it! [ Sherry's advice column | Ask Sherry A Question ]
bAhAmAmA0250 answered Wednesday March 9 2005, 11:24 pm: I do but i try to answer the best i can and if i dont know the correct answer i say im not to positive and i apologrize for not being accurate but just try your best but if you dont want to evan make a guess just say sorry i dont want to answer that-trix [ bAhAmAmA0250's advice column | Ask bAhAmAmA0250 A Question ]
FunkyHoMoSapien answered Wednesday March 9 2005, 11:22 pm: well i dont have this problem but if you think the questions are stupid and just for laughs by the person that sent them, reject them. and if you dont no how to reply a question you might just wana tell them that you dont no wat to do or give them your best shot at advice. i hope i helped. [ FunkyHoMoSapien's advice column | Ask FunkyHoMoSapien A Question ]
xlostangelx answered Wednesday March 9 2005, 11:22 pm: i agree that sometimes people will ask you questions in which you are uncomfortable answering. but the reason for this site it to be able to ask those uncomfortable questions that you may be embarrased to ask others in your life. if you dont feel comfortable answering anything, then you dont have to. but keep in mind that we are all humans and some questions may be a little out there sometimes but the people wouldn't be asking them if they didn't need the help. so, try and help them in any way you can. i hope this helped. take care.
-Ashlea [ xlostangelx's advice column | Ask xlostangelx A Question ]
Teza answered Wednesday March 9 2005, 11:14 pm: Yesm I do but sometimes I would answer them anyways. If you dont feel comftrable answering them then dont and you shouldnt feel bad. You are supposed to help the person and they arent supposed to make you feel bad or uncomftrable. The questions you dont really know how to answer... just try your best and give them your opinion! x0 [ Teza's advice column | Ask Teza A Question ]
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