For those who ask for advice on this site...

[moochman]

Yea, I don't really post questions in the cafe much. Normally I just talk to certain people I trust on AIM if I have something I'm debating over, just to bounce ideas off of, normally it's just to confirm what I'm already thinking.

If I ever do post a question in one of the forums, I normally ignore all those who give one word answers. To me, those are pretty much worthless, for all I know they are just picking one and posting it. I have always been an advocate of explaining why you think a person should go a certain way with their decision, so that they have something to base it on. It doesn't really help them if you just give a one word answer.

Last year I posted q's all the time. This year I haven't posted any and I do exactly what Matt does. I'll use AIM with certain people in order to get a 2nd opinion. I take those into consideration but I always make the final decision. I really hate it when people come here and blame the people that were just trying to help them for MAKING them lose. That's just idiotic because every person here ultimately makes their own final decision. And I also agree that one word answers are completely worthless. I won't even post unless I have a good reason to go along with my answer to a question.

Before you call a lot of my responses completely worthless, try and understand why I sometimes just post who I'd start and not why. On Sundays I will try and respond to as many as I can and don't have a lot of time to add comments. I like to add them, but I want to try and help those who aren't getting responses.

I remember all too well what it is like to need advice or just reassurance. Heck I remember it like it was just Sunday morning.......cause it was. So please don't just blow off short answers as worthless, sonetimes there is a need for brevity. Wish I'd have used some of it here. lol

All I was saying is that I don't find them helpful one bit. If someone doesn't give me any reasoning behind what they think, I don't really give it much credibility or any weight when I make my decision on what I should do. I'm not just going to choose something or be reassured just because someone posts an answer, I listen to people's opinions and things based on the reasoning behind their decision, not who it's coming from or the decision itself.

Good point, I guess I should try and take the time to give some rationale.

[Retet]

Regarding the bevity/reasoning issue: for me, it depends on the type of question I've asked. In the start/sit forum, I sometimes ask questions to find where the majority stands. The leftovers forum, however, is where more reasoned and detailed responses are appropiate.

[killiansjmd]

On Sundays I will try and respond to as many as I can and don't have a lot of time to add comments. I like to add them, but I want to try and help those who aren't getting responses.

I think On Sunday this is completely acceptable. Posting that late into the week you shouldn't be expecting a huge explained answer with so many people asking questions in that forum. If someone is asking a start/sit as early as Tuesday then they should get some kind of explanation with the answer.

[biju]

I tend to dish out reasoning when answering questions and that's generally what I like to receive. I agree with the concept of knowing why a person thinks a certain way. I don't mean to pick on the newbies (and sometimes the vets too) but often I think they believe all people play in 10 team yahoo leagues and just don't understand why I might have to start Ron Dayne during the season. I've asked questions to get a response like "dude, you should look on the ww for someone else" but they don't know the next best option is someone like Mack Strong because it's a deep league (which I always post the league stats because it's helpful).

That's why I tend to put weight behind detailed analysis. I don't tend to take comfort in simply the popular opinion "because everyone else got screwed this week too". I like informed decisions so I can say "data showed he was going to get 12 carries and average 4.3 ypc, plus he gets goalline carries and this week plays against a soft defense that's given up a rushing TD each week so far, so that's why I started him"--it helps my Mondays go much smoother.

[eaglesrule]

depends. I usually am more inclined to give my opinion in detailed form if the OP has explained the pluses and minuses as they see it.

I feel like more and more, I use the cafe more for general moods and trends and ways of lookign at things rather than a start/sit type of thing. Although if I am ina debate, can't come to a conclusion, and answers are one-sided, i'll jsut go with it. Its not like I solved the problem myself anyway.