| json_metadata | "{"app":"musing/1.1","appTags":["musing"],"appCategory":"musing","appTitle":"Why do people ask questions then answer them in their description?","appBody":"<p>There are many reasons that people would do this. One is that they are have a legitimate question and they want the world to see their general thinking on the question. </p>\n<p>Such a post might be: \"Who are you voting for?\" and the post says \"I am thinking about voting for X because of Y.\" The post is still a legitimate question. The answer just provides more insight in the author's thinking.</p>\n<p>The mains reason that I write a post with a question followed by my answer is that I encountered the question outside of SteemIt and wanted to write a post about my answer. For example, I might listen to a political debate and what to show what I believe i the best answer.</p>\n<p>Many people like to use Socratic dialog as it is a good way to present multiple perspectives in a single document.</p>\n<p>Marketers like to use the FAQ structure.</p>\n<p>\"Frequently Asked Question\" pages are often funny as the marketers develop both the question and the answer: [Here is the SteemIt FAQ](https://steemit.com/faq.html)</p>\n<p>The final reason for using a question in a title is that the structure offers a tidy piece of click bait.</p>\n<p>On a seeing a question, many people become interested in seeing the answer.</p>","appDepth":2,"appParentPermlink":"fk4qwcqaq","appParentAuthor":"thomas90","musingAppId":"aU2p3C3a8N","musingAppVersion":"1.1","musingPostType":"answer"}" |
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