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You know what's even more annoying? People who ask very misguided questions, because they're obviously trying to solve a wrong problem, and yet insist on doing
by xyzzyz 11y ago
You know what's even more annoying? People who ask very misguided questions, because they're obviously trying to solve a wrong problem, and yet insist on doing things their own way even though it will lead them nowhere. They're much more common than people who know what they're talking about, and it's usually easy to tell them apart based on the communication style.
- Bartweiss 11y agoMore common perhaps, but not always more significant. Stack Overflow is a messy blend of the two: lots of questions want to do some strange thing, and it's not always clear why. The result is that people who don't know better are taught how to do dangerous things (like messing with the history of shared git repos), while people with weird special circumstances get second guessed and lectured. At least online, I absolutely disagree with the idea that it's easy to tell the two groups apart. Doing so is one of the bigger challenges for lots of "advice" forums.
- xyzzyz 11y agowhile people with weird special circumstances get second guessed and lectured. I'd argue that if they cannot make it clear they are in special circumstances rather than being clueless, then they deserve second guessing and lecturing. That's what I meant by communication style.