Why don't I ever get/see multiple "great question" lurve?

Perhaps people are so busy answering the questions, they forget to click on the ‘great question’ button.

Without reference to a specific question, it’s quite hard to give a specific answer to this.

It could be that you asked a question that lots of people felt able to answer, and therefore generated lots of answers without it necessarily being a particularly interesting or good question.

It could be that the discussion was good, but perhaps it was good in its own right, without the quality of the question itself particularly inspiring good discussion.

It could be, like @partyparty said, that people forget to click the “great question” button.

It could be that people are quite selective in giving “great question” or “great answer”, and that just “liking” or wanting to write an answer to the question isn’t enough.

It could be that your question was very brief, and whilst interesting, you may not have given enough elaboration to demonstrate to other users why it is particularly interesting, or perhaps, if you didn’t elaborate, others felt that the answers were more interesting than the question.

Following on from the above point, it could be that the question was written in a way that didn’t evidence the quality and depth of thought behind the asking. People may be more prone to give “great answers” because they illustrate that quality in a way that a question may have not.

I’m sure there are many more reasons to add to this, but I certainly wouldn’t assume that not receiving a “great question” means that people didn’t enjoy or like answering the question in some way.

Lurve isn’t all that important..

Here’s a GQ for you. Enjoy.

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Go back through the archives and read the questions that have multiple GQ’s. Try to expand on some of them if it’s that important to you.To get GQ Lurve you have to actually ask great questions. Don’t pay so much attention to the lurve.

OK, but why don’t I have the Congressional Medal of Honor?

I’d settle for a scooby snack. I’m wasted.

You got two on this one. Personally, I didn’t think it was a great one.

Because people don’t think the questions are all that great. What else do you need to know?

@Trillian made the same point I was going to make. You may have simply asked good questions so far. Great questions will go into thought provoking detail as to what it is you are looking for and then you should an uptick in GQ’s from the collective here.

@tinyfaery You being mean. They can’t all be gems – and I’m referring to mine only. :-)—

No I’m not. People click GQ because they think it a GQ. If they don’t think think it’s a GQ, no clickey the button. The process in very unambiguous.

I’m sure you’ve heard this before, but point whores don’t enjoy the site to it’s fullest extent. Forget about your points and just play.

Now aren’t you wondering if three people really thought this was a great question or if you just got pity GQs?

@janbb I’m not telling! GA btw!

@Cruiser Was that just a pity GA?

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not after the lurve. I just think people who ask questions deserve the GQ because they iniated the great discussion if that’s the case.

When you see a question that does have a lot of GQs, see if you can figure out what people liked about it.

We’ve also acknowledged many times that we’re apt to overlook awarding points for questions even when we give them for answers. It’s just a quirk of our collective behavior and doesn’t mean anything.

But the main thing is that it’s not about the points, and it’s silly to start fretting about what’s fair or what you deserve. This isn’t a justice system. People applaud or they don’t, and you can’t control it.

I suck at giving out GA’s and GQ’s. Not sure why.

Here’s one from me, too. I hope you feel better now.

@janbb I already told you…I’m not telling! GA btw! :D