StackOverflow sucks
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Then there are the excellent answers flagged as "unproductive". Or the excellent questions which result in a massive argument, no points of which come close to answering the question one way or another. (Just ran across one of those--everyone was arguing about how the person phrased the question, even though it was blindingly oblivious what was being asked. The annoying part is that I needed the actual answer.)
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Thanks.
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There is a simple way to prevent that. You can add "-site:stackoverflow.com" to your search terms and any results from that site will not be displayed.
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Because every time I try to do anything I am told I do not have enough points. Have you watched the movie Catch 22?
Clifford Nelson wrote:
Have you watched the movie Catch 22?
No, but I've read the book.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack. --Winston Churchill
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Clifford Nelson wrote:
Have you watched the movie Catch 22?
No, but I've read the book.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack. --Winston Churchill
That's probably much better.
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That is because people get points for flagging things. So they will do almost anything to get their internet points!
Hogan
My gosh! I have been "dismembered" (I guess that's the wrong word for it :) ) twice from SO because my questions were too vague. I agree that they might have been not entirely clear, but then again: Why on Earth would I post questions if I knew exactly what I was looking for? Most of such times, it would be my obligation to first look for answers using Google searches or so. Working as a lecturer in programming (thus probably not asking really off-topic questions) I felt that there must be nicer forums, and that's why I joined CodeProject a few years ago. So: thanks for your kindness, whoever who is reading this. :) A few weeks ago I re-joined SO as I wanted to get in touch with a poster and send him a message. Then I realized that one cannot send private messages on SO. ...so I ended up looking him up on Google and sent an email to his workplace instead. (Of course, many people have positive experiences from SO - these are just my own impressions.)