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So People are there to voluntarily give help. They also get loads of really stupid questions and venting does help with keeping them providing help. If your g

So People are there to voluntarily give help. They also get loads of really stupid questions and venting does help with keeping them providing help. If your goal is to reduce help, then be my quest.

acpetrov 7y ago
> People are there to voluntarily give help. They also get loads of really stupid questions and venting does help with keeping them providing help. Ha, imagine hearing this about volunteers at a hospice. SO boards are infinitely less important, but volunteers shouldn't be losing their calm at the same people they're helping
Waterluvian 7y ago
If you're a seasoned veteran here to answer my stupid question and the cost of answering my stupid question is to condescend then PLEASE KEEP WALKING. I do not want your help.
- emilfihlman 7y ago
  And I don't want your question? See how it plays out.
  - Godel_unicode 7y ago
    You're not that important. If you don't want to answer that's your business, you're allowed to just do nothing.
kentonv 7y ago
Yeah... no. If you must vent, vent privately to a friend. If you can't help but vent back to the person asking the question, then please stop answering questions, because you aren't helping.
cjaybo 7y ago
I disagree with your assertion that the QA community would be worse off if these types of people stopped answering questions. If a person cannot provide a helpful response to a question without being condescending or rude, then I personally think the QA community would be better off if that person reduces the 'help' they are providing. Very few people have knowledge that is so rare and difficult to obtain that others should endure discouragement (or plain unpleasantness) in order to receive the benefit of their help. And, in my experience, the people who do have that sort of specialized knowledge are often some of the most helpful.
dang 7y ago
"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

So People are there to voluntarily give help. They also get loads of really stupid questions and venting does help with keeping them providing help. If your goal is to reduce help, then be my quest.

acpetrov 7y ago

> People are there to voluntarily give help. They also get loads of really stupid questions and venting does help with keeping them providing help. Ha, imagine hearing this about volunteers at a hospice. SO boards are infinitely less important, but volunteers shouldn't be losing their calm at the same people they're helping

Waterluvian 7y ago

If you're a seasoned veteran here to answer my stupid question and the cost of answering my stupid question is to condescend then PLEASE KEEP WALKING. I do not want your help.

emilfihlman 7y ago
And I don't want your question? See how it plays out.
- Godel_unicode 7y ago
  You're not that important. If you don't want to answer that's your business, you're allowed to just do nothing.

kentonv 7y ago

Yeah... no. If you must vent, vent privately to a friend. If you can't help but vent back to the person asking the question, then please stop answering questions, because you aren't helping.

cjaybo 7y ago

I disagree with your assertion that the QA community would be worse off if these types of people stopped answering questions. If a person cannot provide a helpful response to a question without being condescending or rude, then I personally think the QA community would be better off if that person reduces the 'help' they are providing. Very few people have knowledge that is so rare and difficult to obtain that others should endure discouragement (or plain unpleasantness) in order to receive the benefit of their help. And, in my experience, the people who do have that sort of specialized knowledge are often some of the most helpful.

dang 7y ago

"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html