opinions/questions.........

[jojojojoanne]

I would argue that AB is primarily a 'written' opinion site (though called a question and answer site)

What proportion of AB would you say is opinon based, or research based? (is research factual opinion?)

So where does that leave the idea of the question and answer.............. opinion?

[jojojojoanne]

Is question and answer simply opinion?

I

[The Builder]

any answer, unless definitive, must always be an opinion surely?

[unrulyjulie]

depends which section youre in , of course chatterbank is opinion as is news mainly, media can be a mix of both, like i say, just depends but the parts of ab i frequent is more opinion than factual answers!
cant speak for other topics really and i dont venture far, i go all dizzy!

[jojojojoanne]

Are questions essentially opinions too?

[bednobs]

if the question is: how many pints in a litre then i would suggest that the answer is NOT a matter of opinion but of fact. (or at least of a concrete opinion held by everybody in the country at the same time)
if the question is "should i dump hm" then the answer will be a matter of opinion.
Luckily, you could have both questions on this site

[jojojojoanne]

Is research only proven opinion on a perspective?

[The Builder]

I guess what JoJo is getting at is.........questions can have implicit opinion within them....as in ....."is this getting us anywhere".... :o)))

[jojojojoanne]

I think AB question and answer site is primarily made up of opinions.

Although it is designated to be a question and answer site,it is in actual fact an opinion site. (And everybody is ultimately responsible for their threads)

And if for example wikipedia is used in a link, (to use this as an example of 'reseach')

:Research starts from informed opinion.

yes?no?

[Lore]

The Builder.... that's a matter of opinion! :op

[figure]

AB is a bit of everything and some more. Threads would start of with a question, then you get answers, opinions, facts, chat, arguments, partying, abuse etc on that same thread. I have seen this happen in just about every forum.

[Drisgirl]

I usually google for answers to my Q's and if i'm not convinced (as in I cant make head nor tail of it I post).

jojo -youre grey -wa haaaay -so you must know the craic by now.

I post sometimes and mostly its for an opinion or help where I cant get it anywhere else.

Tell ya -theres been peeps on here who have helped me in the dead of night and I wont ever forget them -diamonds x

[jojojojoanne]

Is a single question on it's own just opinion?

Does a fact within a question carry more validity than an opinion?
.......as it is based on prior assumptions?

Are prior assumptions valid in opinion?