getting acquainted questionsWhy are getting acquainted forums harder than questions and answer forums?

yes, this is for school. i'm having more trouble doing this one than i did with the first one. i never know what to say.
It's the structure. With places like Yahoo! Answers, for example, there's an expectation that everything here is at least *supposed* to be in the form of a Question or an Answer. It's way less of a "me-me-me" thing and more about the literal content of the Q&A. At least usually. *lol*

Where with forums specifically *about* "getting acquainted", the structure works against that by making everything *Personal*. It's rather like what happens at a Dating site: everything you say (and quite a few things you don't say) can and will be used against you. If you show a picture, *somebody* will say you're ugly. If you don't show a picture, everyone will accuse you of being some "40-year-old creeper dude", whether you are one or not. If you put your employment info up, someone will rat you out to your boss. If you don't, people will assume you're "unemployable" and a "loser&qugetting acquainted questionsot; or some such, whether that has any truth to it or not.

And so it goes. On a "Getting Acquainted" type of forum, the expectation is that you put *yourself* out there and that others *judge you*.

On a Q&A site like Yahoo! Answers, the expectation is that you share what you *know* and ask about what you *don't*. It's a lot less personal, and at worst, the judgement (should) stay confined to remarks about one's intelligence (I know, that's an ideal scenario, but still).

It's a little easier to keep things less personal and less damaging that way, on a Question & Answer site. Usually.

Hope this helps. ^__^
Thanks kindly for the Best Answer, I do appreciate it. ^__^

Getting acquainted forums... everyone KNOWS why you are there and you have an obligation to give information about yourself and mingle. That's hard even in daily life... like dating.

Question and Answer forums... you are supposedly there to ask and answer questions. Some have other motives, getting acquainted questionsbut need not say so. lol
Eventually, you get to know people... even on question and answer forums, but you don't feel any pressure to put yourself out there.

I don't like or do social forums set up just for meeting others.
Because on chat forums, you're obliged to disclose the traditional "getting-to-know-you" backround information about yourself and that's such a hassle. On Q&As, you can be selective about what questions to answer and you can limit your responses to only what you're willing to divulge.
trully, (in P&S), this is user friendly (structure/viewers). i feel comfortable in here more than other categories and other website's forums. even after years of multiple suspensions, i'm always the same and it's more fun/natural here.
Because it is more personal and asks more opinion questions.
It's easier here because we are pervs.