bag8ger-
You said,
With respect to so-called "actual" questions, they are designed to plant doubt, elicit speculative answers which never will satisfy the questioner who then, instead of contacting the company for a definitive answer, keeps hammering away.
That is an interesting speculation on your part since you have not taken the time or opportunity to respond with a non-speculative answer. I am amazed at your 'uncanny' ability to determine the underlying 'design' of a question. How do you determine (without answering it) what it's purpose is?
You also said,
Whether or not a poster on a message board is deceitful, there are several ways to vote.
So I will assume that you will vote based on your inate ability to determine a posters motives from the 'design' of his questions. Must be one of those level 4 skills, I guess.