The most annoying question online

[Evil Eye]

(CNN) -- We humans are curious monkeys, hungry for novel information as we go through our days.



From the time we're toddlers, we're pestering those around us with plaintive demands for explanations, and as we get older, that drive to know doesn't disappear -- it just changes shape.



Queries such as Why do fireflies light up? and Are we there yet? are really not so different from an epically annoying question, typically delivered through digital means: Have you heard from ____ yet?



And that, dear readers, is one of the single most annoying English phrases you can text/tweet/post on someone's wall/Tumblr or, for that matter, relay via smoke signals from mountaintop to distant mountaintop. And yet we utter it so often, all well-intentioned, when a friend is waiting to hear back from a new love interest, or about a new job, or about a contest for which she's a finalist, whatever.

Read on: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/09/14/tech/social-media/most-annoying-question-online-netiquette/





So what do you hate being asked, be it online or else?

 

[Jazzy]

To be very honest, I don't hate questions or find them annoying. I mean, how else are people going to get to know you or learn from you if they don't ask questions. There are certain questions, however, I refuse to answer. I'm a very private person and will not answer questions that I feel are too personal. Most any question asked of me, I will answer as long as I feel it doesn't compromise my privacy.

 

[Evil Eye]

Is that it?

Seems to be. I was rather surprised myself.

 

[Jazzy]

@EE: Are you going to answer the question?

 

[Evil Eye]

No

No annoying questions come to mind really. I won't answer all questions, but I don't resent being asked.

 

[The Dragon Master]

Are we nearly there yet?

 

[Evil Eye]

Are we nearly there yet?

Almost

 

[Cranos]

Questions about school/uni, particularly ones that involve my grades.