Why do people use this site to ask for advice then only take the advice they want to hear?

If you read the best answer to most questions you will note that the person picked an answer that was what the asker hoped to hear and not what the majority answered. Example: My husband has been beating me for 10 years should I leave him? I really love him! Of course everyone answered this question yes, you should leave him...yesterday! But the asker chose as best answer the lone person who said, ';no, he just can't control his anger. I see this happen ALL THE TIME! I just want to strangle a person this stupid.Why do people use this site to ask for advice then only take the advice they want to hear?
Human nature. You hold on to hope when the situation is hopeless. No matter how much people try to make then see they wont because they don;t want to.





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Good luckWhy do people use this site to ask for advice then only take the advice they want to hear?
You're right. But sometimes it's good to hear everyone's opinions. There are alot of people going through a lot of the same things, sometimes it feels good to know that someone else's life might be worse than your own. I agree with you.
Well it's like you said they pick the answer they wanna hear...they are hoping someone out there agrees with them, I guess it's comforting to know people out there think like you in some way. But I agree, they should really pick the majority, i mean if 20 people say yes you should leave him and one says no, 20 people can't all be wrong can they? It's really how the person asking the question thinks, if they are opened minded enough to accept the better answer or not....
Hey, people are idiots! Hm, maybe you should make a suggestion to Yahoo! about it.
Because they already know what they want to hear and they just want someone to validate that answer for them and when they get it, it makes them feel better about what they wanted to know.
They may pick that as their best answer ... but in reality ... they still get to read everyone else's answers ... and getting to see things from a different point of view ...wither they like it or not ... so even if my answer doesn't get picked as the best one ... I always know they have to read it at some point ... !
I think people already know what the answer is before they ask the question but is looking for that one person who contradicts their feelings so they have hope.
There are people that ask questions to find the few that agree with them to make it right in there head that what there doing is OK. It's human nature in a way. I know my friend get mad when I tell them what I think. I rather have someone that is honest and tell me like it is then agree with me. They already know the answer they want when they post. We are all different and there are those who need to hear the wrong thing from people as to justify it in there mind.
I TOTALLY Agree with you and I have thought the EXACT same thing......the asker SHOULD NOT get to pick the best answer........








You are SO right...they ALWAYS pick the answer they wanted to hear to begin with!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!