So I submitted an article that was mostly questions, just to see what kind of response I would get. The result was an average vote of 2. I think the reason my post did so poorly was because there wasn't much advice in it. Yes, I posed a good idea and asked some questions, but I don't think the reader walked away with anything tangible. It is a good idea to post articles containing a lot of referential information. Also posting about topics that are currently hot (like google dropping every ones pagerank) receive more positive response than a general "Wouldn't it be cool if" topic. I know that might seem like common sense to most people, but I think that's what separates truly good content from random mind spillage. I think that formatting is important also, so that people can skim your post and pick out the pertinent information. I will still continue to write articles that I know will probably not do very well for a few reasons, the more you write the better you get, and maybe I might get inspired mid-post and actually write something very profound!

What percentage of your articles are written just because you need to write something?