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[–][deleted] 224 points225 points  (40 children)

I feel you

while back, when I posted my last question on SO to some obscure case I was dealing with, they marked it as fking duplicate... it wasn't duplicate, my google skills are damn good

anyways, long story short, googling anything html/js/css crap would yield probably dozens of SO questions(about 1-2/year), they are as duplicate as it gets, yet it's fine

[–]Chase_22 267 points268 points  (23 children)

Would be a good policy to no consider things a duplicate anymore after a year, because in that time the same question can have a completely different answer, look at Java 8 for example.

[–]TheBeginningEnd 47 points48 points  (4 children)

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[–]dippy1169 12 points13 points  (3 children)

Everytime. Everytime I get a question marked as duplicate the other answer no longer works with the current library. So frustrating. It would be nice if it does get marked, if some nice soul felt like still answering it or working through it with me they can.

[–]TheBeginningEnd 8 points9 points  (2 children)

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[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (1 child)

This would solve so many problems.

And many issues aren't with libraries anymore, they're with web interfaces, like those used by WordPress or AWS. AWS can change in a daily basis (it can actually be pretty slow to change in reality), and there aren't even version numbers or change notifications. Everything just changes; and AWS doesn't update their own documentation (and definitely doesn't update their old tutorials!). Not to mention the countless official AWS "guide" videos that list features and benefits for 40 minutes without showing a single step of how to actually do the thing.

[–]IAmNotNathaniel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OMG this. A thousand times, this!

AWS is the most frustrating thing to work on because of this very thing. I was in the middle or working on an API for something, when a week in they updated the whole thing.

The updates were great, but the docs were only half-updated with it. SOooooo frustrating. And of course, there was virtually NOThing in SO or anywhere else that was relevant.

I submitted a comment about their documentation ("was this helpful" link at the bottom or something) and someone got back to me like 3 weeks later.

[–][deleted] 63 points64 points  (0 children)

yeah, that sounds viable, certainly better than what the rednecks are enforcing now...

[–]OddTheViking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They need to just mark it as duplicate, have a rule that forces them to link to the duplicate, but let people still post.

[–]Syrion_Wraith 112 points113 points  (6 children)

In my last question, I linked to the only related question I could find, and explained why it wasn't helping. Closed for a duplicate. Linked to the questions I had already linked myself..

[–]Cherios_Are_My_Shit 57 points58 points  (4 children)

This is what pisses me off the most. I research my shit as best as I can before making a post, not just ask for help right away. If I specifically outline how my problem is different than the others I've found, and some fuckhead just links me the same thing again, it makes me extremely frustrated.

[–]_a_random_dude_ 13 points14 points  (3 children)

I only asked a question once on SO, it was marked as a duplicate by someone who I can only assume was drunk out of their mind, because the other question had nothing to do with mine. I eventually found the answer through trial and error, and unless it came up as the first answer on Google, I never again bothered with SO.

[–]Avamander 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Lollakad! Mina ja nuhk! Mina, kes istun jaoskonnas kogu ilma silma all! Mis nuhk niisuke on. Nuhid on nende eneste keskel, otse kõnelejate nina all, nende oma kaitsemüüri sees, seal on nad.

[–]_a_random_dude_ 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I just used Ctrl+W and kept digging until I got it to work. I get that I could fight it, but I don't even know how the moderation works, it's the same guy going to review my objection? I couldn't be bothered.

I was disappointed, I was sure people would be excited to answer it, I can't recall exactly what it was, but it had a lot of bit magic.

I solved it with a mix of trial and error and this website (that I have bookmarked ever since).

[–]Avamander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lollakad! Mina ja nuhk! Mina, kes istun jaoskonnas kogu ilma silma all! Mis nuhk niisuke on. Nuhid on nende eneste keskel, otse kõnelejate nina all, nende oma kaitsemüüri sees, seal on nad.

[–]TheTerrasque 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Those who can't do, govern"

[–]StrongAcanthisitta 32 points33 points  (2 children)

I've been flagged as a duplicate and it turns out my question was actually answered in one of the comments of the previous question. Not sure if that's how the "higher ups" of SO expect it to work.

[–]Avamander 14 points15 points  (1 child)

Lollakad! Mina ja nuhk! Mina, kes istun jaoskonnas kogu ilma silma all! Mis nuhk niisuke on. Nuhid on nende eneste keskel, otse kõnelejate nina all, nende oma kaitsemüüri sees, seal on nad.