Is it common on other Q & A sites to simply give one or two word answers?

I’ve noticed lately, now that we have some new members, for which I am happy, that a number of them tend to give very short, clipped answers, as if Fluther were an online survery asking about whether they prefer Coke or Pepsi.

I’ve only ever used Fluther as a Q & A site, and as some of you know, I was “recruited” from a cooking site, so I was already doing lots of writing when I came on to Fluther, and then I became a better writer because of Fluther (thanks to all of you, with a big shout out to Gail).

I’m just curious to know if some of the other (current or defunct) Q & A sites encourage one word answers. There’s nothing inherently wrong with one word answers with survey types of questions, but it seems odd (to me) because I’m so used to the discussions that go on here on Fluther. It seems odd, and not conducive to discussion to give one word answers to most of the Q’s we have on here.

What do you guys think? Have any of you come from other sites? If so, were the answers given more like one word answers, such as “Yes” or “Apples” or were they more like Fluther answers which would be more like, “Yes, but only if you knew he was cheating on you.” and “Apples and oranges, but I have also tasted tarts made with strawberries that were exceptional.”

I’m just curious, and I noticed the clipped answers more, very recently. Not that there’s anything wrong with that : )