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The problem is that most users are not reading the FAQ and they don't use Google nor the search function on SO itself. This leads to the frustration of the expe
by edem 10y ago
The problem is that most users are not reading the FAQ and they don't use Google nor the search function on SO itself. This leads to the frustration of the experiences users who see a lot of malformed/unanswerable/duplicate questions. I see this every day. I usually don't comment and just vote on "close" silently but there are some users who are openly communicate their frustration and honestly they have a reason. I think that SO should come up with some NLP solution which filters out those questions and informs the offending users that their question is problematic. I have asked a LOT of questions on SO (136) and if I follow the guidelines I ALWAYS get quality responses. The problem IMHO is the lazy newbies who don't bother to read the guidelines / FAQ.