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This is probably the best: https://idownvotedbecau.se/noattempt/ https://idownvotedbecau.se/noattempt/ I'm barely active on StackOverflow anymore, because post
by martin_a 6y ago
This is probably the best: https://idownvotedbecau.se/noattempt/ https://idownvotedbecau.se/noattempt/
I'm barely active on StackOverflow anymore, because posters show less and less effort. I'm somewhat of a senior WordPress developer and eager to help, but the sheer amount of absolute basic stuff, without any effort made by the poster, just kills it for me.
And it's not even the "can you recommend a plugin"-questions, but those which show that somebody has been given a task (or took it by themselves) without knowing anything at all. It's like getting into a car and then asking what that round thing right in front of you is for.
I just downvote and flag those questions. I think nobody should answer those questions at all and we have to discourage behaviour where people, without any knowlede and effort, try to collect breadcrumbs to (somehow) reach a goal without even trying to understand the bigger picture.
edit: Why the bigger picture is important? Because we are talking about systems that are, in most cases, facing the internet. And the internet is a hostile place where attacks against your systems are starting right after setting them up.
It's ultimately important to know what you are doing and what the consequences are (or could be) when you start tinkering with theme files, "how WooCommerce works" and whatnot. That's especially true for shop systems which contain private data of customers but it's also important for any page that could be misused to send spam, distribute malware and whatnot.
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- pirocks 6y agoI was came across a stackoverflow question where someone was confused as to why their production database was being wrecked repeatedly. The answer was that they had rampant sql injection vulnerabilities in their code. The original poster refused to take down their site or notify users of a breach.