Does sololearn randomly generate questions to keep people busy?

Question

Its just that i come across 2 questions today from 2 diffrent people asking the same question in the same way and both are beginners.. I have answered both but its not the first time have seen this.

Answer 1

Yea I've seen this too. Some beginners may not know a search bar exists or are to focused on getting an answer asap, so just create a question. Nothing wrong with that, just gets a little bothering if the questions already answered or if the question is just a terrible question.

I think we do need to keep in mind a fair share of these learners are fairly young (12-16), they may find it easier to learn the information from a question they asked then what somebody else asked. Since if you look at a question somebody else asked you still need to differentiate between the information you need and the information you already know.

Thanks for answering both those questions anyway xD.

Answer 2

Don't forget the badge issue:
ask a question, get an answer,
there you go: here is your shiny new badge!
And that's just the "gateway badge" for a whole new badges realm: self learner, illuminator, popular question, popular answer and so on...
They were probably meant for good but they went rogue over the time.