zalasur, 16 days ago

But another aspect to the problem is that a lot of people who answer technical questions seem to have this habit of missing the point.

Instead if answering a question straight, they try to guess at the questioner's true intent and answer the question they think is being asked.

Or they berate them for asking and wasting everyone's time.

Or they just flat out answer incorrectly. And that one gets upvoted for some reason.

It's been a creeping problem for years.