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It has a passive-aggressive feel similar to LMGTFY. It would feel less like it, if there were some ready made text one-liners with a compassionate summary and

It has a passive-aggressive feel similar to LMGTFY. It would feel less like it, if there were some ready made text one-liners with a compassionate summary and a link to the longer version. Also, if you want to help - why would you downvote? Just help!

shawnz 6y ago
I think it ought to be the commenter's job to write the compassionate summary tailored to the situation.
- suprfsat 6y ago
  It ought to be the newbie's job to write what the problem is in complete sentences and not post screenshots of code, but we can't have everything.
  - jxf 6y ago
    Being new means you might not know you need to do that, though.
    - rc-1140 6y ago
      Complete sentences shouldn't be a foreign concept for people new to programming. I personally don't agree with the spirit of the parent comment, but I agree with the letter: it's ridiculous seeing half-formed sentences and screenshots with bumbling red-line diagrams made in the Windows Snipping Tool that somehow already have jpeg artifacts. ESL is a separate problem.
- detaro 6y ago
  Which removes the last shred of utility the linked site might have. (which is totally fine)
  - shawnz 6y ago
    Not necessarily, it could help to address common counterarguments
aloisdg 6y ago
I don't have the time for that and I don't want someone else to loose human time for this. Why would we if OP didn't?
pelliphant 6y ago
The reasons listed are grouped as "code review" or "stack overflow", places where I would usually want to help, and having a list of pre-written mistakes to copy-paste might be usefull. But the first half of the webpage only talk about communities in general, so I first assumed this was meant to be used on places like hackernews and reddit, places where downvotes most of the time mean: "you are an idiot/troll, I'm downvoting this to save other people from having to read this garbage." A situation where I really don't want to help the poster...

shawnz 6y ago

I think it ought to be the commenter's job to write the compassionate summary tailored to the situation.

suprfsat 6y ago
It ought to be the newbie's job to write what the problem is in complete sentences and not post screenshots of code, but we can't have everything.
- jxf 6y ago
  Being new means you might not know you need to do that, though.
  - rc-1140 6y ago
    Complete sentences shouldn't be a foreign concept for people new to programming. I personally don't agree with the spirit of the parent comment, but I agree with the letter: it's ridiculous seeing half-formed sentences and screenshots with bumbling red-line diagrams made in the Windows Snipping Tool that somehow already have jpeg artifacts. ESL is a separate problem.
detaro 6y ago
Which removes the last shred of utility the linked site might have. (which is totally fine)
- shawnz 6y ago
  Not necessarily, it could help to address common counterarguments

aloisdg 6y ago

I don't have the time for that and I don't want someone else to loose human time for this. Why would we if OP didn't?

pelliphant 6y ago

The reasons listed are grouped as "code review" or "stack overflow", places where I would usually want to help, and having a list of pre-written mistakes to copy-paste might be usefull. But the first half of the webpage only talk about communities in general, so I first assumed this was meant to be used on places like hackernews and reddit, places where downvotes most of the time mean: "you are an idiot/troll, I'm downvoting this to save other people from having to read this garbage." A situation where I really don't want to help the poster...