What's the difference in soliciting and asking for opinion?

Soliciting in any regards of the word means to ask(or request) ,but the crossing line here on yahoo has no clear distinction between the two. If someone was to ask someone to look at something(not neccessarily buy it) would it not be the same as soliciting?

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Generally soliciting is regarded as asking for a sale of something. While the technical definition may be different, this is what the average person has come to think of soliciting.

As for asking someone to look at something being soliciting, that would depend on the purpose for which the person was being asked to look. If the ultimate goal was a sale, joining a club, patronising a website, racking up points, (ANY purpose other than just simple viewing), then it would be soliciting.

Surveys can be considered soliciting since the target is being asked to contribute their time and knowledge.

Say I ask a person to view a picture to see if they think my advertisement is effective.that would be soliciting.

Say I ask a person to view a picture because I think it is humorous...that is not soliciting.



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