short and sweet
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I think a short answer is better. It should be an short answer with enough information to satisfy everyones curiosity.
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It all depends on the question and what exactly are the contents .Technical question warrants to the point answers where as question on society , history , relation ship have generally long answer .

In my mind short and to the point answers are preferred rather than long answers.
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It depends on
You can say a lot with a short answer and say nothing even if you give a long answer
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It, to me, depends on what is in the answer, and what the question is asking.

But, if you would like to know, I prefer long answers. You might get unneeded information, but usually, with that extra information, you are ensured that none of the important information is left out.

In other situations, I would prefer a short answer. It all depends on my question.

Short answers are the best if you've got all you need in the answer. But, they can seem to be bad many times, as lots of detail is left out. shorter answers seem to be good in situations where the question isn't asking a lot, or is short and to the point.

A short answer seems to be good in a question like this:

What are the majority of soda cans made from?

The answer would be best if it was short, saying "Most soda cans are made from Aluminum." Any more detail, will just get you into the history of soda cans, or Aluminum, which is not needed to know what soda cans are made from.

A bad short answer could be in a Q like this:

If I'm wiring an amplifier to 4 speakers, how should I wire it?

The answer would be best if elaborated. An answer such as "Just take the wires, and hook them up to the amp" wouldn't suffice for such a question. The answer would also be easier if the Question is more descriptive. The person answering needs to know how many Ohms the amp is stable at, how many ohms the speakers voice coils are, and how many voice coils per speaker are there.

I prefer longer answers, as they seem to leave out the least amount of important details.

But I also prefer long, descriptive questions, as it helps lessen the amount of explaining, and further questions asked by the person trying to solve the question.
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To concentrate a long text is not possible all times.If answer is short,attractive,helpful,informative,then anyone concentrate it.I like always short answer.Sometimes it needed to elaborate the answer.In this cases long answer accepted.
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To paraphrase the Fenton's ice cream belief:

If you give thm a short answer, they complain. If you give them a long answer, they complain. So, what do you do? (Answer: You give them a long answer... or, in Fenton's world, too much ice cream.)
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In my opinion, it depends on the question. If the question is, what's the fastest car in the world? A short answer with a few extra facts is all that is needed. However if the question is, what's the best way to bring up children? The answer will most likely need to be quite long.
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If the answer can be delivered in a few words, it should.

If the answer needs a lot of words, probably there is a reference or a web page to which a short answer could point, avoiding plagiary or poor rewriting.

There are however circumstances in which the question itself is not precise enough, and where it might be helpful to deliver not only the concise answer to what you think to be the real question, but also some highlights on answers to some interpretations of the question.
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short but helpful.
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Whatever explains the question clearly and effectively.
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I don't like to look at if the answer is long or short. I like to look to see if the answer is right and provides enough information. If a simple yes/no will do then that will be good enough for an answer, but it you need a small novel for an answer then that is what you should get.
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Answers should be precise and short.That way no one loses interest in the answer. Sometimes to in order to comunicate the idea or concept you may need a long answer. I stick to long answers.
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I prefer short, concise, to the point answers if at all possible. Sometimes there needs to be elaboration. It all depends on the depth of the question.
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Short answer. If not appropriate answer.
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Questions are best when they are on the short side, but they must also thoroughly answer the question.

Simple "yes" or "no" answers without details or context aren't generally very good.

You should try to make questions asked from Twitter as short as you can so that they can be displayed best in Twitter's format (140 characters only)

It can be fun, and useful, to go into a bit more detail on certain questions, like fun questions ("what is your favorite...?") or opinion questions ("do you think...?"). However, there is such a thing as Too Much Information.

Also, sometimes you can take so long to answer a question, someone else answers it before you and a "Best Answer" is selected before you even finish your response!

I tend to go on a little more than I should, perhaps, but I try to balance being thorough, concise and fun.

I prefer answers that are thorough, fun, and easy to read. Since I read pretty fast and I like having Too Much Information, I tend to prefer longer answers.
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any answer u give long or short is upto u
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In general, writing for the Internet calls for inverted pyramid style. Put the meat in the first paragraph and use additional paragraphs to support the first.

Writing should be concise and factual. Majority of readers on-line don't scroll down unless they are very intrigued with what they see above the fold.

Jakob Nielson's writing on web usability are considered among the best.

Be as concise as possible when answering questions from Twitter. A few statements and a couple of good links work well.
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