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I just now assume that whenever I post there, the first few comments will be people berating me out for going out of my comfortable zone to ask/answer a questio

• BMorearty 7y ago
  For a second there I assumed you were talking about HN.
  • kbenson 7y ago
    Eh, as long as you take a bit of care to make the question come across as genuine and not as snark or feigning lack of knowledge to draw out a comment to be hostile to (which people here are often primed to interpret things as), I think you'll generally either get a useful response and upvotes or no response. Working around other people's hangups is a real pain, but that's basically what a large portion of participating in a pseudo-anonymous internet forum is about, unfortunately.
    • ineedasername 7y ago
      Yeah, if someone says here, "do you have any examples to share?" then it can be hard to distinguish between an honest request for details vs. a passive aggressive way of saying "I think you're an idiot who can't back up their claims"
• sockpuppet999 7y ago
  I've felt the same way here many times. Although I'm trying to keep it under control now. I understand the mods motivation a little bit better