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Because the person who asked the question has accepted the first answer that looked decent enough and moved on. Usually the most superficial, not that it's alw
by nottorp 3mo ago
Because the person who asked the question has accepted the first answer that looked decent enough and moved on.
Usually the most superficial, not that it's always a bad thing.
Oh, also on SO there's this kind of exchange:
Q: "I want to do X because of this and that - or because I simply fucking want to".
A: You should never do X, do Y or Z instead.
- badc0ffee 3mo agoThe "that's a XY problem" guys always seem to think they're the smartest in the room.
- blt 3mo agoimo this was the single worst problem with SO, people always searching for the XY problem in every question instead of taking it at face value
- nottorp 3mo agoMostly I'd say their downfall was that they encouraged copypasta material and actively discouraged any kind of behaviour that would have built a community.