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Why do some people on this site answer a question with a link? If the person asking wanted a website as oppose

d to a quick answer, don't you think they would have searched themselves? The point of asking the question on Yahoo answers is so that you don't have to go searching on another site for the response, right?

5 months ago
Some of you are pretty nasty, hence my bad rating of you. You are most likely the ones with zero intelligence who can't answer a question, and instead post a link as a response. It was just a question. Get a grip.

Hiya Sweet Pea...I have an answer for you, from my own experience here on Yahoo Answers....sometimes its easier to give the link where you got information than to try to rephrase it. I've found this...when I know, but can't quite explain it? Ya know? If I give a little bit of what I know, then a link, then in my mind its a better, fuller, more accurate answer than just telling someone. Also, I may have been wrong in my own thinking..and looking it up and giving the link is my way of trying to be really truthful.
I know that some questions are pure opinion...and I, and many others I have seen, do just that...give an opinion. But, if someone is asking why is the sky blue? than I am going to tell what little I might know and give a good link in case they want to look it up and get more information than I can provide.
This isn't a great answer, I know...but its the best one I have... :)