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Bad Questions

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Re: Bad Questions

#3
Asking “why doesn’t this work?” without details is like asking for directions without saying where you are, everyone wants to help, but no one knows how.

Re: Bad Questions

#5
Even worse, some people seemingly aren't even able to produce a question.

"I tried to $ACTION and $FUNCTION throws an error." Followed by awkward silence (or the written equivalent in chat rooms).

Great, why are you telling you me/us about it? What do you expect from me/us? If you're not even willing to produce some text with a question mark at the end, why should anyone bother to invest their time in helping you out?