> only to be told that on Stack Overflow, “please” and “thank you” are considered noise I don't know if this is still in place but it should be stopped. Saying

> only to be told that on Stack Overflow, “please” and “thank you” are considered noise I don't know if this is still in place but it should be stopped. Saying thanks to someone who helps you is the most natural thing in the world, it's something normal humans do. If you forbid it, then you become an unnatural place, a weird place that feels weird and uncomfortable. You also become a kind of cult, where insiders know and accept how to behave weirdly. And cults are very unwelcoming to newcomers (kind of their point, actually).