• @[email protected]
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    -510 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.

    • @Heavybell
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      2010 months ago

      It’s annoying when it is not a duplicate tho

      • @Anticorp
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        1510 months ago

        Which is quite often

      • @[email protected]
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        410 months ago

        That’s fair, but if you edit the question to explain how it’s different (without which, how could anyone even answer your question?), it can be (and often is) reopened.

    • @[email protected]
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      910 months ago

      But it’s those people who close it as a duplicate and not post the link to a valuable answer.

      • @[email protected]
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        510 months ago

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

          • @MotoAsh
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            310 months ago

            No, it is always the same question.

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

            • @marcos
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              610 months ago

              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.

              • @MotoAsh
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                110 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.

            • @[email protected]
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              210 months ago

              At the very least it has some of the same words. And the person marking it as duplicate figured it was probably the same.

    • @[email protected]
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      510 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.

      • JoYo 🇺🇸
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        410 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.