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In my experience, usually the worst that will happen is that you'll get ignored. In that case, you can try making your question simpler or just go back and try
by anewhnaccount2 9y ago
In my experience, usually the worst that will happen is that you'll get ignored. In that case, you can try making your question simpler or just go back and try and figure it out on your own (possibly coming back with another question later on). Usually, you're not really any worse off than if you don't ask at all.
- acdha 9y agoI think people worry that they'll hit one of the rare but bad outlier responses. A good sign of project health are things like codes of conduct and other social cues that this isn't tolerated in that community.
- chickenfries 9y agoI think the thing that really intimidates me is not seeing other people asking beginner level questions. If I see a channel for newbie questions or I see that people are asking newbie questions I feel welcome. If I can't easily see something like that I feel like I'm intruding in a chat for "real" contributors.