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Alaanor
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I do not understand why you guys complains about Stackoverflow or even Arch linux forum. (There's a plenty of rant about those topic)

Those are just amazing, and of course, they will send you to the doc or downvote if you don't even do your job properly. I mean docs, google, other answer, wiki, tutorial, idk. There a plenty of resources where you actually can understand where's your problem. If after this you still don't have your answer, then ok ask it to the community because that why they exist.

But they aren't here just for repeating the answer that already exist and create double post, etc. Stackoverflow is one of the best source when you search on google because it's actually moderated nicely and guys won't hesitate to downvote you.

So if you got downvoted (Like I got sometime) then just think why was yours question/answer bad instead of just being angry against the community.

Ps: It's my first rant, but I was reading you guys since 1 year.

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    You mean something like this one? 😂😂 https://devrant.com/rants/1044979/...
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    Sure, you can say that, but when you ask a question on SO after researching for about an hour before hand, spend 30 minutes constructing a great question with all the info needed: what you've tried already, any and all code that is even near the issue, and what you think it might be, only to get a long, slightly aggressive comment (not an answer) calling ur code bogus before finally answering why it doesn't work...

    ...and then going to the person's profile, expecting a total noob with 8 rep but seeing they were actually in the top 2% this year...

    ...you can't help but hate it. I have had plenty of similarly frustrating moments on SO, which is why I avoid it at all costs. The community is just one big competition: who can be the biggest douche? There are no winners.
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