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minus-squareWillStealYourUsername@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month ago“Why are you trying to do [x]? Have you tried doing [y] instead?”
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month ago“But why do you want that?” should be an automatic time-out on most Q&A sites. Especially anything technical. I don’t need to convince you to make my decisions.
minus-squarerumschlumpel@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 month agoA lot of the time, the fundamental issue is the lack of information provided by the poster. I’ve seen so many threads where the provided information just isn’t enough, and they don’t react to any of the questions at all.
“Why are you trying to do [x]? Have you tried doing [y] instead?”
“But why do you want that?” should be an automatic time-out on most Q&A sites. Especially anything technical.
I don’t need to convince you to make my decisions.
A lot of the time, the fundamental issue is the lack of information provided by the poster. I’ve seen so many threads where the provided information just isn’t enough, and they don’t react to any of the questions at all.