• bleistift2@feddit.de
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    7 months ago

    Peple misunderstand “Closed as duplicate” as an insult, when it’s just the hint to look at the provided link. If you didn’t find the answer previously, this just means there are multiple ways to express the problem, which use different words and thus don’t all find the same google result.

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        7 months ago

        You cannot even mark it as duplicate without providing a link to the answer. What are you talking about?

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            7 months ago

            No, it is always the same question.

            … from a person sitting in a very different situation with a slightly different problem.

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              Some times the question has no semblance at all. Other times the answer has no semblance at all. Some times there’s no answer at all. And obviously, modern SO is full of people that will just post a ridiculously incorrect answer. There is a wide variety of possibilities!

              I remember being very surprised as a I followed one of those links and got the answer I needed. But I don’t remember exactly when.

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                7 months ago

                I’ve had both happen a lot. Only the basic stuff gets a correct answer, because nuance is difficult even for the tech savvy.

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      7 months ago

      They also changed the wording from “closed” to “on hold” years ago, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen the people complaining about the site take any notice.

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        7 months ago

        It’s because they don’t use the site and they don’t have a problem to solve. They’re just here to complain.