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Why "I don't know" shouldn't be an answer.

I see a ton questions answered with "I don't know" or "not sure". It's not fair to the people that actually contribute to Local Guides or the people asking questions. If you honestly don't know the answer, don't answer the question, simply because you want points. It's lame of you. Thanks for reading.

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Re: Why "I don't know" shouldn't be an answer.

Hi @lizdrinksthecoffee. A Warm Welcome to Connect, the Official Community of Google Local Guides

I'm 100% in agreement with you. 

Of course sometimes it can happens. I mean, there is a bar where I was used to go for breakfast, and I have no idea about what they do at night. But I know they have good coffee and good food for lunch. But basically you are right, we must give answers about places that we know 

 

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Ermes

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Re: Why "I don't know" shouldn't be an answer.

@lizdrinksthecoffee I think it's dependent on the user to be honest. Unfortunately there definitely may be cases of abuse in this aspect, which I would hope maybe there is some sort of algorithm that can detect those who select the "I don't know" responses only or mostly, but like @ErmesT said, there are cases where many of us may answer with that selection truthfully. 

 

I guess another option would be for those to swipe to the next question instead of selecting an answer. Hmm.

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Re: Why "I don't know" shouldn't be an answer.

Ermest, what a wonderful reply!  Very thoughtful to point not only him but other how to write better reviews. Well done!  Annette

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Re: Why "I don't know" shouldn't be an answer.

Thanks @AnnetteM

A small tip to you: if you want to mention somebody use the @symbol, for the mentioned person to be notified. 

Well, this is the deepest essence of being Local Guides.

Local means: to have a direct knowledge of the places. Guides means : to help others with useful information.

So we have to add information of places that we knows. 

 

Keeping this in mind, we can be sure to have a good guideline about what to do and what not to do 

 

Ermes 

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Re: Why "I don't know" shouldn't be an answer.

@lizdrinksthecoffee I completely agree and I also strongly feel, that the Question part should be used to ask questions and not use in place of a review or a word or two.  For example I'm sick of the questions like:

 

spark plugs

 

Is that a question?  What are they specifically asking?  I don't feel those questions merit an answer.

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Re: Why "I don't know" shouldn't be an answer.

I think there has to be a button that automatically comes up


@lizdrinksthecoffee wrote:

I see a ton questions answered with "I don't know" or "not sure". It's not fair to the people that actually contribute to Local Guides or the people asking questions. If you honestly don't know the answer, don't answer the question, simply because you want points. It's lame of you. Thanks for reading.



when a question is posted wherein people answering them can click to say 'don't know' or 'inappropriate' etc.

That way, the answer is logged and people abusing the system are taken care and genuine replies filter through. This is short of a moderator laboriously looking through all the questions and answers, which would be a painful task.