What is a Legitimate question?
The word LEGITIMATE has several meanings depending on the context as Quark has shown you. But, I'm not sure this answers your question about the term LEGITIMATE QUESTION. Usually the term LEGITIMATE QUESTION comes up in a conversation that is more of a debate. The individuals are discussing some topic and one of them challenges something the other has said by asking a question. The question usually requires an answer that makes the other person have to defend their point or perspective. If the question asked is truly relevant to the topic of debate then the person who has been called upon to answer the question might acknowledge the appropriateness of the question by saying, "That's a legitimate question." This phrase is often used to set someone up for a good answer that will follow. By telling the asker their question is legitimate, you give them the sense they have scored a point in the debate or discussion. But, then, when you have a good answer to their question, you pull the rug out from under them. For example, let's say we were discussing the war in Iraq. I might contend that we need to stay there until order is restored. You might ask, "If we continue to keep troops there won't thousands of more soldiers be killed?" In truth, that is a legitimate question because as long as we do stay in Iraq more soldiers will be killed. But, the world has been fighting wars for freedom for centuries, hundreds of thousands of people have given their lives so others could be free and if we leave Iraq too soon it is likely that many, many more people will die if the country falls into a protracted civil war. In this example about the war in Iraq, if you had asked me to explain why Sadaam Hussein was found in a spider hole, that would NOT be a legitimate question to our discussion because the question has nothing to do with the issue of whether we should stay in Iraq or not. Does that help?
Is "Why?" ever a legitimate question?
"Why" is a meta-question about the acting system's goals. We know"why" is a legitimate question in the observable domain. It explains cause and effect. It is plausible "why" is meaningless in small domains such as quantum physics and large domains such as the universe, because systems in those domains have no goals. The absence of boundaries between domains causes us to use our experiential domain as a metaphor for the ones we cannot see. To find answers, we must look at the real world, not at our navels. Physics will some day explain large and small systems. The concept of "goal" seems to imply a concentration of information to form "consciousness," but that may be another faulty human metaphor. It might not be faulty. Suppose the universe's goal-setting consciousness is distributed rather than centralized. Suppose your decisions make a tiny but non-zero,contribution toward the universe's goal.
Why does Quora censor legitimate questions that aren’t politically correct?
First off, Quora does not (by itself, as far as I can tell) moderate anything on its own dime. It looks at questions that users like you and me report to it, and then processes those reports using some mysterious combination of social respectfulness (i.e. BNBR), comprehensibility, and (as best as I can tell) mystical divination to determine which questions it flags, which it allows, which it removes entirely, and which result in blocks.Generally speaking, questions, answers, and comments that are rude, insulting, dumb, obnoxious, trolling, pointed, polemical, opinionated, or otherwise designed to tweak someone’s nose get flagged by other users. What Quora does after that is unpredictable: mostly it does the right thing, sometimes it does the bizarre thing. I have almost a million views, and thousands of up-votes across the questions I’ve answered, and Quora recently blocked me for a week because I made a (reasonably valid, if awfully pointed) comparison between Trump supporters and meth addicts. That is not half as pointed as talking about dark-skinned men raping white women (to cite what you did, as explained in your description: apologies, but that has truly racist overtones) so I’m not at all surprised you got a block warning.I learned the lesson; you should too. This is Quora’s house, you should respect their wishes. If you think this point is truly a point worth making, you can put in the extra effort and figure out how to make it in civil and respectful tones. Anyone can do that. Don’t expect respect if you’re going to be lazy with your language.
Why was my question deleted/ ?
Been an active member of Y/A for SEVEN YEARS...... I am number five on the list of top Best Answers on Politics You can be certain I am fairly familiar with the Community Guidelines...... BUT even if I were not....they are supposed to give me a notice and allow me to appeal...???? Pretty bad when Y/A breaks its own rules and guidelines ! ! !X
Quora lists very specific criteria for reporting a question; how can a question that does not qualify under any of the listed criteria be reported?
You could possibly report that for being:Harassment: Disparaging or adversarial towards a person or group.Talking about potentially murdering someone is certainly ‘adversarial’.However, it’s a legitimate question, and the person isn’t necessarily saying they want to kill anybody, they may be genuinely wondering what Islamic law says about such things, from the perspective of being critical of it.If they already know the answer to their question and are intentionally being inflamatory (i.e trolling), that would be:Insincere: Not seeking genuine answers
Why does Quora censor so many trans-related questions?
Why does Quora censor so many trans-related questions?It doesn’t.Quora does sometimes delete questions that violate its policies. If you write questions that harass or disparage transgender people individually or generally, you have violated Quora’s Be Nice Be Respectful policy.Quora sometimes also deletes insincere questions. Insincere questions are sometimes based on a premise that the asker knows to be false.Quora cannot, by definition, censor it’s users by deciding not to publish something a user writes. Quora makes policy decisions about what it publishes. To call that censorship is analogous to claiming that the New York Times censored me by choosing not to publish my haiku in homage to scalp-scratching orgasms.
Why does Quora flag every question you write or answer when someone gets their feelings hurt, even though it was a legitimate question?
I don't know, Ted Barnes.None of my questions have ever been flagged by Quora. Looking through your edit log, I see that it's not true that all of yours have been either.Perhaps you were employing hyperbole. I don't know.I do know that if I had a PhD from Columbia, I would know that it was inappropriate to ask why black people living in the United States don't go back to Africa.Hell, I only have a bachelor's degree and I know it's inappropriate. I know that question is so sensitive and hits so many historically racist notes that I would have to find a better way to phrase it if I wanted to ask it at all.Quora deleted that question rather than just flagging it.I didn't see the question before it was deleted, but if I had, I would have immediately reported it as harrassment.If you want to ask about sensitive racial issues and answer questions about sensitive racial issues, I think you're going to have to walk a fine line. You're going to have to take great care to express yourself with respect and consideration.Race in the US is a fraught topic, after all.I have every confidence that a PhD from Columbia would have the experience and training to be able to exercise appropriate levels of respect and consideration.
Why are there many fake accounts on Quora defacing legitimate questions regarding Islam?
I came out here as Muslim, and it’s amazing what happened. (And this is working toward an answer; bear with me.)First, although I am not even close to a very devout Muslim, I try. And the love, support, and “Don’t worry—it takes time” responses I have received from brothers and sisters have been moving. In addition, the kindness of non-Muslims whether believers or atheists who have defended Muslims from some of the libels so fashionable today has made me hopeful.Second, I have received a lot of criticism from atheists saying I’m “delusional” and knocking down my “beliefs.” Example: wondering how I could ignore the evidence of evolution. Response: being logical, I can’t. I accept evolution, but I am often told that I can’t believe in God and in evolution. Sadly, I am told this more often by atheists than believers. Amazing how these non-delusional, logical geniuses often think in stereotypes. Sad, really. Believing you can read the minds of people you have not met—that’s delusional. Of course, a lot of atheists don’t think that way. Some of them are the coolest, best people I know.Third, I have met some really nasty hate from people who think of themselves as liberals, from ”Ignorance is Godliness” Christians, and from youngsters who know just enough about Islam to stick their feet in their mouths. Annoying little smart-asses.These people take it upon themselves to post troll questions, give troll answers, and make troll comments. So while sometimes it is the trolls who sabotage questions like the example above, other times it is non-trolls who are on the watch for possible troll activity.