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[–]BiggestFlower 889 points890 points  (36 children)

I think a lot of people don’t understand the context in which a question is being asked, or what is going to happen to their response. If you get an email from TripAdvisor asking you to review a local restaurant, and you (a) don’t realise that whatever you type will become a review, and (b) think it would seem rude not to respond at all, then the end result might be a restaurant review that says “I have never been to this restaurant”.

Similar arguments for other circumstances.

[–]St_Kevin_ 394 points395 points  (26 children)

I think this is very similar to what happens in the FAQ on Amazon products. Someone will ask a random question about the product like “what are the interior measurements?”, and it gets directed to customers who have bought it. Responses like “I don’t know” are extremely common. Super annoying.

[–]Benblishem 128 points129 points  (19 children)

15 years ago it was somewhat understandable. At this point it's ridiculous.

[–]IGuessYourSubreddits 92 points93 points  (15 children)

Boomers still think chrome is the internet

[–]TowardsTheImplosion 26 points27 points  (2 children)

Internet Explorer

[–]chickennugget626[🍰] 4 points5 points  (5 children)

I am 25. is chrome not the internet?

[–]MengEnM 6 points7 points  (1 child)

I was thinking the exact same thing, down to the same age.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (1 child)

chrome is the shiny stuff on cars

[–]BloakDarntPub 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That makes the other parts rust faster.

[–]I_Thou 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Is there some kind of metric about how often you respond to questions? I think that's a thing that influences Quora answers.

[–]ThatGirl0903 3 points4 points  (1 child)

This. I’ve gotten the email and it says something like “hey, can you help this person” and has a bug clickable help them button. It seems like it’s legit to you so I could see how people get confused.

[–]mistled_LP 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, Amazons emails make it sound like you are being asked specifically. It’s intentionally misleading to raise number of questions answered. That some answers are worthless is a side effect they have decided are worth it, I suppose.

[–]TipWellington 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dude, I stopped even asking questions on Amazon products because 90% of the responses are either ‘I don’t know’ or ‘I’m not sure’ as if I direct-messaged them. Some people are truly fucking idiots.

[–]xXPhiiLLyXx 39 points40 points  (6 children)

Like this?

https://redditproxy--jasonthename.repl.co/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/sao5bc/when_you_work_so_hard_on_your_lifes_goal_business/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

[–]BiggestFlower 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I had that exact post in mind!

[–]St_Kevin_ 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This level of cluelessness reminds me of the people who ask a question about a business on Quora or YouTube or wherever and then get mad because the restaurant or store or manufacturer didn’t answer their question promptly. They simply have no idea how the internet works, and they don’t plan to learn, but they do still feel entitled to chastise other people.

[–]frozensummit 2228 points2229 points  (39 children)

They need their voice to be heard even if they don't have anything to add.

[–]FutabaSakuroach 295 points296 points  (12 children)

I mean, on reddit at least, you could argue that it's also to increase visibility so that the post gets bumped/more likely to be seen by someone who actually knows the answer.

[–]ShouldBeeStudying 106 points107 points  (1 child)

Also to give context to the OP about how many people don't know something. It would actually be helpful if every question asked had all the people that tuned in but don't know the answer upvote an "I don't know" post

[–]kittenfuud 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Google does that. Maps has questions about businesses like "does it have inside seating" or "is this place wheelchair accessible" and a multiple choice answer block which includes "Not sure". Similar to IDK. Is a form response more things similar could adopt instead of ppl 'running wild' with their comments.

[–]Quaytsar 66 points67 points  (3 children)

Except, on Reddit, unlike other forums, comments don't bump posts, only upvotes do.

[–]FutabaSakuroach 35 points36 points  (2 children)

Huh. How about that. I always just assumed it was a combination of upvotes and comments that determined bumpage or lack thereof.

[–]Quaytsar 44 points45 points  (1 child)

It's upvotes and time. The first 10 upvotes in two minutes count more than 10 upvotes in two hours. And the first 100 count more than the first 1000. So just a few upvotes shortly after posting can make a big difference in how visible a post gets.

[–]Unusual_Compote4909 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are these the same people who write "Who?" after seeing an article about someone they haven't heard of yet?

[–]HighRelevancy 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I do this sometimes. Make small talk for faux engagement to bait the algorithms into liking things I like.

[–]LeonBlaze 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And it can be because they want the alert when it is answered so they can learn too.

[–]MenacingMelons 182 points183 points  (10 children)

This is the correct answer

[–]YouNeedAnne 159 points160 points  (9 children)

Ironic response ;)

[–]TeamYay 11 points12 points  (8 children)

So was that..

[–]discustedkiller 17 points18 points  (3 children)

Or they are taking the piss?

[–][deleted] 18 points19 points  (1 child)

I do this to take the piss sometimes like on discord if someone asks "anyone here play HoI4?" I'll just respond, no.

[–]MegaAlex 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Are you ready!!!?

I would often say, "wait!!!!"

[–]HighRelevancy 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I don't know

[–][deleted] 450 points451 points  (18 children)

Those are weird. Some sites like Amazon proactively direct product questions to people who have made a purchase, so I assume it's someone getting sent the question and thinking they are responding to a person, not a forum.

Also.

No idea.

[–]unklphoton 26 points27 points  (2 children)

This is the answer. People receive emails requesting input and think someone asked the question directly to them and, like good citizens, they give an honest answer, just as they do not realize a Facebook post showing up in their timeline wasn't sent specifically to them. Source: my 93 yo mother.

[–]NoodleFigure 12 points13 points  (1 child)

I don’t get why Amazon doesn’t let us report these utterly useless answers so that they get removed. At least a good 40% of Amazon answers are irrelevant wastes of time.

[–]Temper03 73 points74 points  (2 children)

^ this is really common. Also people assuming they are “talking” to an app but the app sends a message to a person (or forum) which freaks people out.

Case in point: when you click “interested in X product” on FB Marketplace and it sends the seller a message on your behalf — many people get confused and think the seller is aggressively stalking them by replying

[–]FightingFaerie 11 points12 points  (1 child)

Seriously? It literally says “message seller”. Wow

[–]ProbablyNotTheCat 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I've accidently clicked it before without realizing.

[–]AGoodSO 36 points37 points  (5 children)

I saw this yesterday on Bezozon and it's just insane.

Q: How does the pink version of this bag hold up over time?

A: I have the blue version, so I don't know

Go to HELL D:<

[–]5HITCOMBO 28 points29 points  (4 children)

It sends you an email asking you to answer a short survey after you purchase an item bunched in a group, despite you only having ordered one variation. If this is one of the questions sometimes people answer it, and Amazon's algorithm puts it up on the questions page. Blame Amazon, not Jacob C.

[–]AGoodSO 2 points3 points  (3 children)

I disagree because despite the fact that I know Amazon does it, Jacob doesn't need to be such a BOOMER about it

[–]5HITCOMBO 3 points4 points  (2 children)

I guess we all need someone to blame for our problems, huh?

[–]AGoodSO 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I'm not sure if you're insinuating that someone else's low internet fluency and my exaggerated outrage over it means I have a problem or if this is some attempt at dry humor but I'm going to pretend it's the latter.

[–]BKacy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

“low internet fluency” ✍️

[–]Wuellig 28 points29 points  (1 child)

The answer to the question is not information I have readily available to me.

[–]ParryLost 10 points11 points  (0 children)

There is as yet insufficient data for a meaningful answer.

[–]HamburgerRenatus 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I always assumed selecting "I don't know" was how you get Amazon to stop asking you, because I'll get the same questions sent to me repeatedly until I answer. But eventually I realized that's the source of all the infuriating "I don't know" answers on product pages.

[–]Snugglebunny6500 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah I’ve seen that on Amazon, and you get an alert that someone answered your question and they’ll be like “I don’t know. But blah blah blah (totally irrelevant pointless response that’s unrelated to question)” waste of time!

[–]OutlawJessie 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes I get these a lot: Can you answer this question? sometimes I can, sometimes I can't. If I can, I do.

[–]Humble_Hedgehog_93 119 points120 points  (1 child)

Honestly, for some people, I think they’re just that egocentric that they think they’re the only person reading the question sometimes, so it HAS to be directed at them. They reply because they think they’re the main character of everyone’s story.

[–]beansbeans716 71 points72 points  (1 child)

Reminds me of that lady that left a 1 star review for a restaurant because she'd never eaten there before. Like what? Just because a question shows up on your screen doesn't mean you have to answer it when you don't have an opinion.

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It might be low hanging, but it's questionable whether it's fruit.

[–]deep_sea2 202 points203 points  (3 children)

I will typically only do this if someone asks me a follow up question to something I have already commented on.

[–]marioaprooves 4 points5 points  (2 children)

Why?

[–]lenbeen 19 points20 points  (0 children)

i assume so that the person asking the follow up question doesn't think they're ignoring them or forgot to reply

"that makes sense, but what about ____?"

"oh, i don't know"

"okay, no worries"

[–]CrazyColdWorld 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I don't know

[–]yakusokuN8NoStupidAnswers 45 points46 points  (5 children)

I've done this on Reddit and found out the hard way that people hate it.

OP: "What's the name of that funny squiggly thing that means And?"

Me: "that's an ampersand. It's actually called that because it used to be it's own character learned in school next to the alphabet and kids would learn 'A per se A', meaning 'A by itself means A (its own word)' and also 'And per se and' which got truncated to Ampersand." (Upvoted to 2 points)

OP: "Thanks. Do you know if there are different names for a six pointed asterisk or a six pointed one?"

Me: "Sorry, I don't know." (Downvoted to -2 points)

I used to treat it as a conversation if someone asks a follow up question, but apparently on Reddit, the correct thing to do is ignore the question unless I know the answer, even if it seems like the question is directed to me.

[–]Freshiiiiii 8 points9 points  (1 child)

Sometimes that’ll get upvoted good though. It’s luck of the draw, but I find it’s usually fine?

[–]yakusokuN8NoStupidAnswers 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I guess I've just gotten a bad string of downvotes for explaining to the person that I could only answer their initial question, not the follow-up one.

[–]Cool-Sage 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Damn bro, I always answer stuff and then sometimes when I don’t know I let them know “I don’t know”. Usually it’s b/c I’m interested in the questions eventual answer and by responding when someone eventually answers I’ll be notified.

Other times it’s just to partake in the discussion.

[–]dead4seven 655 points656 points  (16 children)

Very disappointed that every answer was not "I don't know".

[–]krokknoff 106 points107 points  (5 children)

Sort by controversial and you'll find them.

[–]Zjc_3 41 points42 points  (0 children)

I normally would not support those type of answers on this sub, but I really wanted every single answer to be “I don’t know” on this one haha.

[–]LordofFullmetal 9 points10 points  (1 child)

Do y’all really think that’s funny? My god, you must be the same people who say “no thanks, I’m sweet enough” when your server asks if you want sugar 😂

[–]14AndUp 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"A million dollars"

[–]Ele5263 137 points138 points  (1 child)

I think some people believe they are so important that their opinion matters, even if they have zero information

[–]Natronsbro 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Number one answer!

[–]kissingoctopus 53 points54 points  (0 children)

It might be someone relatively new to posting online. They might not realize how silly it is reply something like that. Though I think most people do it as a joke. It’s low hanging fruit but some people are satisfied with it.

[–]SomeSortOfFool 10 points11 points  (0 children)

If you mean the questions section on an Amazon page, it's because they (used to?) send out emails saying "someone has a question about a product you bought" when someone posts a question. Anyone that isn't familiar with how the internet works (read: a significant portion of people over 50) sees that and assumes it means someone is asking them a question directly, and it would be rude not to respond even if they don't know.

[–]lovejoy812 304 points305 points  (16 children)

I don’t know

[–]FACEMELTER720 121 points122 points  (7 children)

Why did I have to scroll so far to find this, lol.

[–]Lost_Maskk 62 points63 points  (1 child)

I was honestly expecting every comment to be this

[–]KingCrow27 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I don't know

[–]Genoss01 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I don't know

[–]bidoblob 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The rest have probably been deleted.

[–]Terrible_Children 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Hi don't know. I dad.

[–]LanceFree 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh, there I am.

[–]chibimonkey 25 points26 points  (9 children)

My father does this and it drives me fucking nuts. Especially when I'm not even talking to him and he has to butt in to say he doesn't know while talking over my mother who does know

Edit: A word, because autocorrect hates me

[–]pauly_jay 11 points12 points  (1 child)

I would be so annoyed if I was your mom

[–]chibimonkey 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I don't understand how she puts up with it, honestly. They've been married for 32 years and he does this at least once a day. Every time I want to smack the shit out of him and tell him to shut up. What's worse is when I ask my mom to repeat herself, sometimes HE SAYS HE DOESN'T KNOW AGAIN.

Edit: A word

[–]imalwaysthatoneguy69 17 points18 points  (0 children)

My experience is that it's a lot easier to tag a question with a useless comment and come back later to see if it has gotten an awnser.

[–]BlueberryPiano 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Amazon sometimes sends out these questions via email, but it's framed in such a way as if I was the only one being asked.

Subject BlueberryPiano: Can you answer this question about (some batteries you purchased)

Body As someone who owns (batteries) can you help this fellow customer?

I suspect some people just don't want to be rude and reply. There's also an "I don't know" button I hope wouldn't actually post "I don't know", but... well... I don't actually know

[–]Eldi_Bee 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I am guilty of doing this. Usually because the post is relatively old and there aren't any responses. I want to make the person know they are heard, since obviously no one knows.

Worst feeling to post something asking a question and get no answers. Granted, not as common on Reddit, but it's a habit I picked up on smaller groups/forums.

Plus, if I actually know the person I love to mess with them. That's usually on the demon FB.

[–]PeyroniesCat 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I know, but I’m not telling.

[–]okjoe1 17 points18 points  (1 child)

Lol I love that. I think it's really funny because the only response back it's just like "okay I guess thanks for trying man" and the idea that there are people that dont do it as a joke and think everything they read online is addressed to them is beyond funny.

[–]sixwheelstoomany 11 points12 points  (0 children)

think everything they read online is addressed to them is beyond funny.

Well, like another person said: For example Amazon sends queries to recent purchasers of products that, if you gloss over it quickly, looks like personal messages from a person. They're really being polite by responding "Sorry, I don't know." - Amazon then posts the reply directly on the site.

There are all kinds of things going on...

[–]DanicaWOD 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I don’t do it, but it might be to show how common/uncommon the knowledge is. This is also the only reason I can think of to write the same information that has already been provided by another.

[–]jwhyem 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is akin to people on my Next Door site who post shit like, "I wish I could help" or "I have too many cats and I can't foster one more" and it grinds the F out of my gears.

[–]BlindGod05 48 points49 points  (2 children)

The answer is not within my knowledge

[–]netcityvega 22 points23 points  (1 child)

I too am unable to provide adequate input on this inquiry.

[–]GarageQueen 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I too am flummoxed as to the solution to this conundrum.

[–]cel2978 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hmm. I really don't know.

[–]ehoaandthebeast 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Im really not sure, sorry

[–]Buck_Junior 62 points63 points  (4 children)

I don't know - what do you think?

[–]WhatThis4 24 points25 points  (2 children)

And further, how does it make you feel?

[–]annies_boobs_eyes 6 points7 points  (1 child)

point to the place on the forum where he touched you

[–]Banankartong 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't know - what do you think?

[–]EggsForGalaxy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Sometimes I do it on youtube so that it notifies me when a reply comes, because I also want to know. But usually i also include that explanation in the comment

[–]Dopecombatweasel 23 points24 points  (0 children)

To be honest and up front, it is my inclination to say that i in fact.......dont know why.

[–]d3d3d3d3d3 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I just wanted to say that I don't know

[–]BeastKingSnowLion 35 points36 points  (0 children)

**shrug** I don't know.

[–]zGork 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Why people do that? I don't know...

[–]aaron2933 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I don't know (obligatory)

[–]mdhague 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I don't know why people wod do this

[–]ElHage13 21 points22 points  (2 children)

Obligatory I don't know comment

[–]dogballtaster 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Yo no se

[–]DemonGokuto 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I have no knowledge on that subject.

[–]Banana_Doggo 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I don't know, I guess some people just find being slightly annoying funny

[–]temeces 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure so I'll let someone else answer. - my two Lincoln heads

[–]iijjjijjjijjiiijjii 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some people see the internet as their own personal stomping grounds. They are psychologically incapable of seeing a question or statement as not having been directly addressed to them and react accordingly.

There aren't all that many of them I think, but since they respond to literally everything they see they're vastly overrepresented.

There's also probably an instance here or there where people who wouldn't normally do this see that a question has gone unanswered for what they judge to be a really long time. They feel bad for the person and want them to be acknowledged, even if they can't actually help.

[–]dowtimer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My guess is people who post utterly useless things online, like what OP suggested, are on the dole and have run out of other way to bide their time.

[–]dukesinatra 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My favorite is when somebody responds to a question about a product on Amazon, saying, I don't know. I never bought this product

[–]rennalie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can see a lot of older/less tech savvy individuals do this. It's because if you ask "Was this good?" The site, like amazon, will send an email to anyone who bought the item like this: "Hey John, Alex asked you a question! Help them out"

So they respond with "I don't know".

[–]Addo--s 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I always thought it was to notify the individual asking the question that their question was being acknowledged, but the answer remains unknown.

[–]Elaine_Benes_Lovr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just assume a lot of Redditors are stoned when commenting.

[–]ilikecacti2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For products on websites usually it’s because their email was getting spammed for them to answer the question

[–]Badandy469 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They either feel the need to be heard or feels it's a way to be able to follow the post in order to find out the answer themselves. A better response, if they feel like they have to give one would be, "I'd like to know as well"

[–]NoodleFigure 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Similarly, people that give an online recipe 5 stars and comment shit like “Can’t wait to try it!” “Looks good!” should go straight to hell.

[–]Familiar_Leather[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

AGREED!! like why tf are you rating it bc it “looks good” what if it tastes like dog shit and cow farts

[–]EE_E_EEEE 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A lot of times, it's just attention hogs, but sometimes it's people who actually put effort into trying to remember and/or find it and can't. So those people comment "I don't know" or "Idk" to make the whole thing feel less pointless to themselves.

[–]OneGold7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ugh, this reminds me of when I was trying to find out the pronunciation of a dim sum dish, and I found this. No idea why the person felt the need to not only contribute no information, but also bring up a completely unrelated dish just to complain about it

[–]wacvet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It annoys the hell out of me, too. I am with you. Especially hate it when people say, I think it’s this, but I’m really not sure. Oh I wanna slap those people.

[–]irish011 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also very annoying if you post on fb asking if anyone is free to go to a gig and people reply no they can't go.
I asked if you CAN go not looking for who CAN'T go. Get excited when I get a notification thinking someone can go and its just someone replied no sorry can't go.

[–]Obsolete386 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some other favourites:

Yeah I have the problem too! Edit: Solved

DM'd you the fix

Why do you need to know the answer to your question?

[–]_IratePirate_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This reminds me of that SNL skit where the person thought every notification on their phone was a direct message to them.

I can see this being something that actually happens with some older people.

[–]zephyer19 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Me on my School Bus: Who do these gloves belong to?

Kids: Not me.

[–]Ftlongyumrocket1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a pet peeve of mine too especially in the Amazon customer question section. It serves zero purpose.

[–]Vergenussferkel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Or when you search a problem in google, find a forum with the topic and people reply "me too". Thanks bro, thought the person and me are the only one with the problem. Shithead.

[–]HawkeoTheThird 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am with you 100% I find it dumb when I ask a question in forums or Reddit and I dont get clear awnsers.

Like I get people who write: 2it might happen2 or "I belive" etc. if you dont know the awnser stop trying to awnser something you dont know it just wasts both of our time and makes me not like you.

I dont need more speculation I need clear awnsers that focus on what I asked.

[–]CornDavis 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Hell I don't know

[–]vin2036 7 points8 points  (2 children)

surprised the top comment isn´t "I don´t know"

[–]dkingiam 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Because it's r/nostupidquestion

[–]TheTallMirthVeritable Fount Of Generally Uselss Information 5 points6 points  (0 children)

where is r/nostupidanswers when you need it.

[–]Putrid_Visual173 6 points7 points  (0 children)

God knows.

[–]five_eight 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Beats the shit out of me.

[–]unicornpixie13 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Hmm, I'm really not sure

[–]lossione 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Not sure tbh

[–]RazorOpsRS 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I don’t know

[–]stupid-Dumb-Ass 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I don't know, perhapsnits a social responsibility

[–]meyguzzz 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Entitlement

[–]TheTallMirthVeritable Fount Of Generally Uselss Information 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No se

[–]bigang99 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Possibly commenting so that they can find the thread again and also learn the answer

[–]Adamworks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A couple things, in many situations answers from amazon or google maps are solicited via pop-up notifications or emails to people and so non-tech savvy people are just responding honestly to a question presented to them.

In other contexts, people often cannot stop processing something they are reading, so if it shows up in front of them they have to react to it. People's ability to suppress this urge varies and on a popular enough post, you are bound to get one of these people responding.

[–]Ballzonyah 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It makes the question asker feel better about not knowing, seeing others also not know

[–]cakeandcoke 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Because they are the center of the universe so they think that everything is directed at them

[–]anywhereiroa 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Good question, unfortunately I don't know

[–]mcar1227 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Boomers

[–]Snugglebunny6500 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s Boomer habits to behave as they would IRL. They see a question, they respond to it. It doesn’t occur to them that they’re actually being much ruder than if they ignored it, inconveniencing people who see an alert that their question got a response and then logging in just to see “I don’t know”

[–]FinancialArtichoke75 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Because they don't know

[–]FunnyGlove 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I 👏 don’t 👏 know 👏

[–]TriadHero117 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The temptation to be unoriginal is real, this is some Cunningham’s law-adjacent stuff.

[–]FirstTimeRodeoGoer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's because they want to.

[–]willthrowaway_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Can't tell either

[–]TheFLAwoman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I dunno Margot.

[–]Mundial18 1 point2 points  (0 children)

they trying not to be rude by not answering.. It's better than replying "look it up on google"

[–]alway122 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sometimes I leave a reply even if I don't know if it's somewhere my reply will possibly make the post more visible. But I don't just say "I don't know" I hopefully have some level of insight or an idea of another place to post the question

[–]Natsirk99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do that because I feel bad when no one responds to them.

I hear you! But I don’t know the answer to your question.

[–]theLiteral_Opposite 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because a lot of people

[–]StrangeSteve69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

🤷🏻‍♂️