Wondir.com

Found this link on another board for wondir.com. It's one of these sites where people can ask questions and anyone can respond. I wasted a few hours there early this morning and it can become quite addictive if you let it.

It becomes quite soul destroying after a while. I'm not sure what the average age of a questioner is but they seem quite young in a lot of cases. What is depressing is the frequency of the same type of simple questions coming up time and time again. People asing if they had unprotected (read without birth control) sex can they get pregnant...people asking medical questions about things that it should be obvious to even the most stupid person you should see a doctor for.

What makes people ask questions about stuff on the internet and take advice from random people about important stuff rather than consulting experts. Admittedly if you had an embarrassing problem maybe you could do some research on the internet first but for medical stuff? People last night were asking about bleeding when pregnant and should they be alarmed. Why wouldn't you go to your doctor about this. Why would you ask a bunch of strangers with no expertise on the subject what to do?

I don't think I'm especially intelligent compared to the rest of the world but I am almost constantly amazed by how stupid some people can be.

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On Wondir

Thanks for checking us out. This is good constructive feedback for us, I'll definitely pass your thoughts on quality of posts around to others at Wondir.

We’re doing our best to build a platform (simple, open, live, free Q&A for everyone), and we understand that there may be a little immaturity there for a while — but we find as people spend more time on the site that the community culture — of being respectful and helpful — does start to take hold. We’re continuing to add checks and balances, self-policing measures, moderators and automatic filters all the time to keep quality at a reasonable level, but realize we have a long way to go. Feel free to let us know your further thoughts and suggestions when you find time. I certainly appreciate your insight.

Allen

Allen Searls
VP Community
Wondir, Inc.
blog: Wondiring

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boys

Hi my names lisa , i have to ask a few questions about boys, do you have time?