A great question is one that does not seek to inflame others, but to genuinely know something. A great question has no agenda apart from to find out the answer. That answer may be specific and correct, as in the general section, or it may take the form of an opinion if that was what was asked for, as frequently done in the social section.
Following that, I click a great question for these:
- a question I do not know the answer to and would like to know
– a question that I feel is particularly brave, that I would never have dared ask, but would love to know the answer to
– a question that makes me think about something I’ve never considered before (eg the ethics of vaporising ghosts)
- a question that makes me think again about something I thought I had already thought about
– a question that prompts discussion that leads to me re-thinking my own opinions
– a user that I wish to encourage (in particular for me, new or young users that ask questions about music, as I am a music teacher so it’s my natural urge to want to encourage this).