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These objections may seem relevant to your personal experience, but they don't pertain to the case at hand, for which ample context is available. Dealing with
by inopinatus 5y ago
These objections may seem relevant to your personal experience, but they don't pertain to the case at hand, for which ample context is available.
Dealing with responses from people who've rushed to write something without bothering to properly consider the problem is, of course, internet 101, but such answers generally take the short road to content oblivion.
For those answers of any quality, however, note this: if people are answering, for free, on their own time, questions that you don't think you asked, but they evidently do, then consider taking some personal responsibility for that outcome. Complaining about it would seem wholly entitled and ungrateful, and unconstructive besides. If they are well-meaning beginners, coach them: it's how the stone soup gets made.
- DangitBobby 5y agoI also both ask and respond to questions. Mostly respond. For free. On my own time. People who answer on SO are not a unique special breed in the sense that they are willing to help others with their problems. I have read your reading of the thread, gone through it myself with that in mind, and disagree wholeheartedly that you have meaningfully extrapolated the context you claim.
- inopinatus 5y agoThat much is quite evident. Perhaps we'll never know if Jeff's XML RSS feed was conforming or not, but I like to think they got there.