Yes, most agree with this. Before there was google it was called RTFM. And of course everybody can do what they want. There won't be an exam tomorrow of how man

Yes, most agree with this. Before there was google it was called RTFM. And of course everybody can do what they want. There won't be an exam tomorrow of how many people have read my comment and got to the conclusion that yes, to provide value to the community it's a smart thing to find out what the community has produced first, and distinguish your addition. Could you say the author didn't care about what he adds to the community? Sure you could. But then one had to wonder why he added his project to HN or wrote a Readme in the first place.