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You seem to be under the impression that people answering questions on SO are subject matter experts.
by cperciva 5y ago
You seem to be under the impression that people answering questions on SO are subject matter experts.
- robinson7d 5y agoYou’re correct that they often aren’t, but all the same I find it amusing to read this comment attached to a StackOverflow link where the exact person who suggested “gimme gimme gimme” and the implementer both answered. Obviously not the ones making the “why are you $X” comments in this case though.
- shawnz 5y agoRemember the name of the site that SO replaced, "Experts Exchange". Obviously it's possible for non-experts to post authoritative-sounding answers on questions that they don't really understand, but I think that is a different category of problem from the "XY-problem" style answers.
- fegu 5y agoI always read their domain name as expert sex change.