Why does Yahoo answers feature spiritual celebrities like breakaway TMers Deepak Chopra (How can a community of understanding prevent VA Tech ? <http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Asr7dFJjiMJRZAvVOlLSZeHpy6\ IX?qid=20070418123417AALhrm5> ), or SSRS (have you experienced the power of prayer? <http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AtU1qfPmnTqrPEnAOfV8uL4jzK\ IX?qid=20070204193611AAnu82K> ) along with Hilary Clinton and the president of India <http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Arrede0hPqiCvuNq7W5M3C_sy6\ IX?qid=20070112135510AAD7SB8&show=7#profile-info-1e6b7ca835ee0cc4185b0ab\ 950476c08aa> , who give only mainstream, slightly suggestive questions? I have seen big street banners in Madras of Yahoo answers featuring SSRS (not sure who payed them). Does anyone have any experience with this? I have tried it and was surprised that within the first hour of my question 13 answers appeared, but then no more, so my conclusion is,that as long as the question is still on the first page of anycategory, you get a lot of attention, and just a few answers maybevaluable if at all, most are just one sentence answers. In only one case I really found something valuable, thoughtful beyond what I already knew, so I just abonded it. Maybe one a advandage to forums like this one here is, that the audience is more varied, so you get a lot of viewpoints, but this is also a disadvantage, as the answers are less likely indepth. The whole categories seem to be too broad, the search functions bad. Any opinions / experiences?
