I've been looking at the complaints
And giving this some thought. Now, I'm not the most regular of posters, but I do enjoy reading these pages. However, I'm not so in love with the complaints. This site is provided to us, free of charge, with the option to provide donations, should you choose to do so.

Secondly, these questions are not meant to be easy, they're meant to provide some stimulus for some good answers, that are outside of the weed, dick and fart jokes so beloved of Cheech and Chong. If you can't answer the question, it doesn't mean it is necessarily crap. It just means that you can't think of anything to say.

Whilst this post is not meant as a dig to anyone, I would suggest if you can't think of anything to say, just suck it up. There are other areas of the site to play in- QOTW offtopic, /talk, /board, and /links. Surely you can think of something to say there, or fire up photoshop and get creating!

This part of the site is not the be all and end all of b3ta, and besides, there will always be another question come Thursday.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Mon 30 Mar 2009, 10:01, 21 replies)

But there's been a run of wanky questions for some weeks now...
...that is all.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Mon 30 Mar 2009, 10:10, closed)

Define "wanky"

( jim_bob can herd cats., Mon 30 Mar 2009, 10:23, closed)

Hold on...
This'll turn into another discussion about what QOTW is supposed to be, and we got nowhere with it last time.

Can't we just accept that some people think some questions are shit, some like them, and get on with our lives?
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 30 Mar 2009, 10:27, closed)

I'm curious to see where this ends up.
Although all I was suggesting that just because people can't answer a question doesn't mean it can't provide the same potential for humour.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Mon 30 Mar 2009, 10:39, closed)

Don't get me wrong - I agree with you in the most part...
...despite my rant on page one.

However, b3ta is famed for its adult/sick/outrageous humour. I know QOTW isn't always like that, and we've had weak questions in the past...

There's been a voice getting steadily louder about the quality of the questions recently, and I think many of the complaints stem from frustration that noone's listening to regulars who like somewhat more outrageous questions.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 30 Mar 2009, 10:52, closed)

This is true, b3ta is indeed known for being outrageous.
And if you think about it, nativity plays kind of push the boat out just that little bit more. But this site isn't just for the regulars, there are the newbies to consider as well.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Mon 30 Mar 2009, 11:04, closed)

No offence pb
but that's a pretty weak argument. We should occasionally have questions that won't generate lots of answers or laughs to help newbies feel at home?

Screw that. The better the question, the better the quality of newbie we'll attract, the better the overall quality of the answers, and the happier the QOTWers in general.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 30 Mar 2009, 11:51, closed)

It's not the quality of the question I think
More the quality of the answer.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Mon 30 Mar 2009, 11:58, closed)

Agreed to an extent
but I stand by my opinion that this question is weak. We'll let the Best page tell the story on Thursday.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 30 Mar 2009, 12:24, closed)

Indeed we shall.

( jim_bob can herd cats., Mon 30 Mar 2009, 13:34, closed)

*defends self*
I complained early on. It DOES sound like a pretty crap idea.

Turns out that there are some really good stories in there- it's been a surprisingly good QoTW.
( uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Mon 30 Mar 2009, 10:12, closed)

I was going to say
This week's Q has actually been really good, in my humble opinion. I thought it might prove to be somewhat shite, but everyone's repressed traumas have really made me laugh.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 30 Mar 2009, 10:16, closed)

^^^^^
The other thing - everyone says how brilliant the old qotws were, and there were some classics - but if you look through the "best answers" pages from the first ever qotw, usually about half of them are funny every single week. People just like a qotw when they've got a good answer to it.

There are only so many conceivably funny subjects aren't there - what are some good suggestions?
( browser still relating boring anecdotes into a void on, Mon 30 Mar 2009, 10:27, closed)

It's turned out better than I expected.
But the general standard is pretty low, and there's not been anywhere as much activity as when the question is better.

Plus, if Pooflake says it's shit, it must be :)
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 30 Mar 2009, 10:25, closed)

Nicely put -
There seems to be a shitload of posts with people just badmouthing the QOTW suggestions; not very interesting to read. If you're going to poo-poo the question do it in an imaginative way, like Mr Pooflake has done and I'd like to think I have too. But just bitching on about it is getting pretty dull.

I like reading QOTW and contributing - but I especially like reading it.

Any question set can be answered, but maybe the next few questions could be the sort of topics that most people feel they can tell a story about without having to think too hard about it. Sort of a shoe-in question for newbies. I'd love to read some stuff from new contributors.

That would probably make me go all erect.
( SpankyHanky, Mon 30 Mar 2009, 11:19, closed)

Nicely put!
Although to be fair the thought of a freshly-raped Jack Russell would probably give you a stiffy.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Mon 30 Mar 2009, 11:27, closed)

Only if you'd
done the raping.
( SpankyHanky, Mon 30 Mar 2009, 11:32, closed)

Erm... thanks.
I'm starting to think you're the new Frankspencer...
( jim_bob can herd cats., Mon 30 Mar 2009, 11:35, closed)

Or maybe even the old Frankspencer.
Anyway, part of the fun of QOTW is complaining about the QOTW.

That and complaining about people complaining about the QOTW.

It's all good.
(Richy_T hundreds if not thousands of dollars, Wed 1 Apr 2009, 22:18, closed)

Ahem
I think you mean shoo-in.
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Tue 31 Mar 2009, 9:14, closed)

QOTW
i used to read every page of the QOTW and laugh out loud - now i don't.

My point is these places (messageboards, forums, etc) are defined by their MEMBERS - so it's not the questions that are shit, but the people who post their eye-wateringly unfunny stories.
(TheManofScience, Mon 30 Mar 2009, 11:36, closed)