Interest
Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "question" over time.
Mentions
Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "question" over time.
A question is an utterance which serves as a request for information. Questions are sometimes distinguished from interrogatives, which are the grammatical forms, typically used to express them. Rhetorical questions, for instance, are interrogative in form but may not be considered bona fide questions, as they are not expected to be answered. Read more on Wikipedia