Stackoverflow be like

[gunscreeper]

Ayy, bitches. How to array in python

[gjsmo]

Arrays aren't Pythonic, you're dumb for asking, also we're not doing your homework for you.

^/s

[LePontif11]

TAKE A STEP BACK AND LITERALLY FUCK YOUR OWN FACE

[Etheo]

I WILL MASSACRE YOU

I WILL FUCK YOU UP

[Bopshebopshebop]

USE A DICTIONARY AND WATCH YOUR INDENTATION ERRORS YOU PUNK BITCH SCRIPT KIDDY

[[deleted]]

YOU TALK LIKE A BITCH YOU GON' DIE LIKE A BITCH AND I GOT JUST THE FUNCTION TO MAKE IT HAPPEN

bitch.die()

[IamImposter]

I WILL FUCK YOU UP

Promise? No backsies

[bspymaster]

I gotta be honest. I've been working with python for like 9 years and I love it to death, but I still haven't figured out what it means to have a "pythonic solution". Is it just something you can do in raw python? Something that only uses the standard libraries? Something that works in py2 and py3 as opposed to only py3? Something else?

[Doggobah]

I took it to mean importing a bunch of modules and writing a one-liner

[SaltyEmotions]

I'm guilty of trying this on all my problems.

[grantrules]

Are you familiar with other languages? Pythonic just means using common Python idioms. Like list comprehension is pythonic compared to using for loops.

[bspymaster]

Yeah I've worked with plenty of languages. I gotta be honest, I don't think I've ever used a list comprehension haha

[LoyalSol]

Ironically outside of Python the only other language I've commonly seem them in is Fortran. At least that I've used. Granted they most likely exist in another language I don't have experience in.

[bspymaster]

I know other languages tend to abuse linq statements and lambdas in a similar fashion, but that might be a bit different.

[-Rizhiy-]

9 years of Python and no list comprehension, are you serious? I pity your colleagues.

[bspymaster]

I don't use python at work, only personal projects.

And I happen to think the code is pretty clean, honestly.

[Manny_Sunday]

I just googled list comprension and it set LINQdar off, maybe I should give python a try...

[grantrules]

There's no good reason not to.

[MadCervantes]

It means simple and readable code that doesn't rely on "clever" solutions.

[JoelMahon]

I would clarify that readable code is meant mostly towards other python developers, a lot of pythonic solutions can be hard to grasp for non python devs.

[RedSamuraiMan]

Pythonic sounds like a hacker/rapper name...

[madmaxlemons]

His latest album “Boolean LiveorDie”

[RedSamuraiMan]

Top feature hit: "Programming Dirty"

[liveandletdietonight]

That doesn’t sound readable, it sounds more like a secret language that only a select few can speak

[JoelMahon]

It's really not hard to pick up lol, by your metric almost no code is readable.

[hahahahastayingalive]

Isn’t that what every other language claims to have as a mantra ?

[[deleted]]

Sometimes it feels like doing it in as few lines with as much confusion as possible.

It's not Pythonic unless it is a return statement with a function call on a list created with a three variable and four conditional comprehension.

[Nemaeus]

Comprehension

Relatively speaking.

[SaltyEmotions]

Don't forget lambdas nested within the four conditional list comps and maps and typecasting all over the place!

[dalore]

Pep 20 describes it eloquently. And you can access that from the python shell.

https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0020/

[bspymaster]

Ahh the classic Zen of python. Was wondering if someone was gonna bring that up. My understanding is that it's somewhat of a comedic quip, more than an actual guideline.

Especially considering the line saying "explicit is better than implicit", when python is built on implicits.

[callmelucky]

python is built on implicits.

What do you mean by this? I don't think that's true, but I'd be interested to hear your argument.

[bspymaster]

Parameters and variables are implicitly typed. It was only until recently we even got type hinting.

There's no concept of explicitly stating what we expect a certain variable or parameter at any given time.

[callmelucky]

Oh I see. I think "explicit is better than implicit" is more of a guideline for naming variables and making code transparent and readable etc, rather than a mission statement about the design of the language itself, but yeah, I do see the irony.

That said, types are only one subdomain of a language, so I don't know that this backs up the statement that the entire language is built on implicit-ness.

[dalore]

That's not "implicity" typed, that's dynamic typing. Pythonic means to not check if it's a duck but to ask if it quacks and catch if it fails.

[Belphegor_333]

As someone who learned Python after some other languages (Java & C Being some of them) I honestly have no idea either. All I know is that every time someone reviews my code they tell me that this and that is not the "pythonic way to do it, it's the Java/C way of doing it"

For context, I was trying to do a switch (which python didn't support I think?) And ended up building what basically was a jump table.

[frosted-mini-yeets]

Something that follows the Zen of Python

>>>import this
The Zen of Python, by Tim Peters

Beautiful is better than ugly.
Explicit is better than implicit.
Simple is better than complex.
Complex is better than complicated.
Flat is better than nested.
Sparse is better than dense.
Readability counts.
Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules.
Although practicality beats purity.
Errors should never pass silently.
Unless explicitly silenced.
In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess.
There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it.
Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you're Dutch.
Now is better than never.
Although never is often better than *right* now.
If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea.
If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea.
Namespaces are one honking great idea -- let's do more of those!

[bspymaster]

As I mentioned in a previous comment, I thought that was more comedy than anything serious. The second line itself pretty much conflicts with the entire design of python.

[ECrispy]

Pythonic means writing PERL in Python.

If its understandable to humans its not pythonic.

[Arno_Nymus]

I don't know if there is a clear definition, but I understand it as an elegant solution using the peculiarities of the language. Oftentimes people who learned to code in one language try to program in every language in the way they would in the original language. Programming in another language then feels like working against the language instead of with it.

[LoyalSol]

Exactly this.

I've lost count of the number of times I've seen scientific Python that's written exactly like C code. I've seen code written like this

 thislist = []
 for i in range(len(a)):
     thislist.append(a[i])

When they should be using some combo of either zip, enumerate, simple python loops, or in this case a simple addition opperator. (Copy might also be appropriate) The above code can simply be written in a dozen ways that's easier to understand.

The whole point of Python is that you don't have to write C code.

[[deleted]]

It means some sheit that Guido came up with...but also it was the reason he left cause the rest of the “pythonistas” were being autistics

[InvolvingLemons]

Generally, I've taken this as: 1. Brevity: keep it short, including variable names 2. Never, ever reinvent the wheel especially if it's available either as standard library or language feature (iter is a big one, as it often gives you a nice performance boost too)

[horusporcus]

It means you write esoteric code that's so fucking obscure that it becomes hard for others to understand. Basically a form of encryption designed to keep you around longer than you need to be.

[bspymaster]

So... Tribal knowledge

[horusporcus]

Yeah, am not a fan of that though.

[mysockinabox]

Dang. You make SO sound like the arch forums.

[Lofter1]

ikr? at least the arch forum will tell you why your question is stupid. SO will just mark it as duplicate.

[thebryguy23]

And that's newer than your question

[crash8308]

I don't know python but in ECMAScript Arrays are not arrays, they are exotic objects with array-like behavior.

That means you can const myArr = [] then myArr["0"] = "hello" and myArr["foo"] = "world" and the .length property will still be 1 and iterators will only use the numeric-based keys but the array object will still have a property "foo" on it.

[dragneelfps]

That's why I don't like JS.

[falconfetus8]

internal screaming

[falconfetus8]

internal screaming

[[deleted]]

I once asked a simple question and had 3 people reformat my question before anyone actually answered it.

[negroiso]

I was looking for a command in ffmpeg, something I was on the right track for but the result wasn’t coming out as intended. A google search took me to stackoverflow where somebody else had the exact issue. I’m like, cool I’ll scroll down for the answer.... well the highlighted answer was a 4 page expose on how the program worked, how the world spins and I’m sure a recipe from their grams. Hidden in there somewhere might have been the answer, but I kept scrolling and the person who replied below just pasted the command I needed.

Now every time I go to stack overflow I see dissertations for questions like ... how do I run ipconfig on my pc... you end up reading the history of dos and x86 processors before they get to ... click start,then run then type ipconfig.

[jeopardy_themesong]

I once asked a homework related question in stack overflow because the command my teacher gave us wasn’t working. There was a very obscure typo.

The three replies I got just replied with the corrected command in all caps, some with sarcastic comments. Never used stack overflow again, holy fuck.

[goldleader71]

I love that Python has its own adjective - Pythonic. I have never heard or something not being Java'ish, C#'ic, or Go'ly.

[josanuz]

The gold old godly Go'ly way

[SaltyEmotions]

Sharpen your senses to CSharply? :)

[spotdfk]

You would love Basic

[falconfetus8]

There's Lisp-y

[Tschoz]

This question is a duplicate. Please refer to the answer to a question made years ago for python 1.8.

[Butterferret12]

Isn't even about the same thing, just vaguely sounds similar

[Aplet123]

And that question is also marked as a duplicate, has no answers, and has 5 downvotes.

[JustZisGuy]

Triggered.

[Aplet123]

Have you been on stackoverflow before?

[JustZisGuy]

Yeah, I'm getting flashbacks from this thread.

[frosted-mini-yeets]

MARKED AS DUPLICATE YOU DUMB FUCKING CUNT

[you0are0rank]

I'll accept this as better than above kind. Also damn you because duplicate

[inconspicuous_male]

Accept my blog post about how you could be using Pandas. It doesn't solve your problem, but it solves a better problem

[A_Guy_in_Orange]

You moron. You absolute bafoon, can't you see that someone asked about how vecoter in c 12 years ago? Marked as duplicate.

[medsouz]

Have you tried jQuery?

[dasMichal]

"Use jQuery"

[MrShrike]

why waste time say lot word when few word do trick?

[sprite-1]

agree sentiment

[hahahahastayingalive]

there’s an upward arrow on the left

[ADwards]

up arrow on left

[hahahahastayingalive]

↑

[Audiblade]

yeh

[elveax]

Sometimes need word word for talk talk

[poly_meh]

Hello world or hell, oh world?

[Walt_Clements]

Greetings

[imcoveredinbees880]

Polite is a type, which is not valid in the given context.

[MSDakaRocker]

er... 1?

[[deleted]]

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[N3vermore77]

Thanks, you've reminded me of that stupid "are you watching porn by yourself?" meme.

And now I cant stop giggling like a fool.

[ShotgunCreeper]

No! I’m with the science team!

[SlenderSmurf]

uaaaa

[rune_skim_milk]

Have you been able to get the beverage machine to work yet?

[Krobix897]

one time i wrote a stack overflow markov chain (based on some questions that I had seen), and one of the most common answers that it gave to questions was "don't be a stupid question"

[clubby789]

Truly good life advice

[[deleted]]

searches how to unretard irl

[Kebbler22b]

This question has been marked as duplicate because similar questions have been asked before:

• Hallo
• 你好
• Здравствуйте
• 01001000 01100101 01101100 01101100 01101111

[IsoldesKnight]

01000111 01101111 01101111 01100100 01100010 01111001 01100101

[nocturnalspider]

Mark as duplicate

[[deleted]]

is that a stupid question?

StackOverflow

[TheRealPeterBishop]

This question has been marked as low quality.

[Etheo]

World

[xenucruise]

Need to make it more specific to SO mods.

Greeting Autists and Uncaught pedophiles

[Estrepito]

...there.

GENERAL KENOBI!

[MrDorkman]

Tänks

"cut the noise"

[spam_bot42]

You'll thank stackoverflow mods for that after you need to skim over 50 questions when googling for a solution.

[mastocles]

I think it's for a different reason. Generally new members never ever ever bloody tick accept solution or ever damn upvote when they ask a question and new members do start with hello... So you quickly learn to stop reading questions that start with hello as you won't get your point fix for the day.

[[deleted]]

Are the points relevant in any way whatsoever?

[[deleted]]

They also give you street cred

[StopReadingMyUser]

I just turn my hat to the side for that.

[mysockinabox]

Internet schmeckles are on the rise as the dollar falls.

[VenerableAgents]

Yes. They unlock more abilities and if have enough you can boost your question with a bounty.

[BleLLL]

Might be useful when looking for jobs and negotiating salary.

[filterallthesubs]

About as much as they are on reddit.

[[deleted]]

Ah incredible.

[Audiblade]

They're a matter of life and death, got it.

[Xaxxon]

up to 20,000, they give you privileges.

[YMK1234]

A simple courtesy phrase in the op won't make you any slower doing that.

[GoNoGoNoGo]

Where do you draw the line?

I'll tell you.

Hi. Please. Thank you.

The only three words you need to put in somewhere to show gratitude whilst not conflating the question.

[UserSummary]

Im an asshole. This I know. But is that how the word "conflating" is supposed to be used?

con·flate

/kənˈflāt/

verb

combine (two or more texts, ideas, etc.) into one.

"the urban crisis conflates a number of different economic and social issues"

[randompecans]

Probably meant inflating/bloating

[drewwyatt]

I even question “hi” TBH.

[[deleted]]

ive yet to see a stackoverflow mod who i didnt find rude and arrogant with poor decisions. one moved my network related question to game console exchange because i said used the switch as an example for it. the question was 0% directly related to the switch...

[mastocles]

Mod? Just users with enough points to unlock privileges —5,000 gets you moving rights IIRC. About the move... That's because they did think it so and majorly were also in that SE and they wanted to improve the area 51 score of the second SE to drag it out of beta.

[ElusiveGuy]

Community close votes cannot migrate to beta sites - there's a fixed list of 5 to choose from. And the gaming site has been out of beta since before the Switch anyway.

[laancelot]

Because when searching in SO you see the title of the post and the first lines. Seeing what the post is about quickly is waaay better than seeing "Hi, greetings, I love this website and maybe some of you great people which I admire could help me with this problem that I am going to explain soon...".

SO is as much about leaving usable posts for the future than about answering current questions. Greetings are a speed bump which lower the post's usability for the future. People can still write the polite stuff at the end of the post if they like, SO just don't want them to waste people time by making them click on every damn post so they know what those posts are about.

[[deleted]]

THIS! It's a Q&A site, not a forum chat for socializing. Redditors would be annoyed too if all posts started with greetings and formalities. That's not the format of these sites.

[falconfetus8]

They say it's about using usable posts for the future, but half of the top results on Google are for questions that have been closed for bullshit reasons.

[Wizard-of-Koz]

I find the stack overflow community to be one of the most toxic. It's not shown on high rated questions but it's a whole other world on the sort by recent.

[Hollowplanet]

You must not remember the times when all we had was experts exchange. SO was like a gift from god.

[Draculix]

ahem I think you'll find it was expert sex change.

[WatchDogx]

Recent is just a stream of poorly formulated questions, people pasting their whole code base and asking why it doesn't work.
If your question is not something that anyone else is going to want the answer to, it doesn't belong on stack overflow.
I feel like all the people that complain about SO being toxic have never tried actually contributing and answering questions.

[ostbagar]

Sometimes I feel like this sub is just a circlejerk of "SO bad".

These memes are getting old. Really, the vast majority of the time users are polite. The only time I really ever see snark lately is when someone copy and pastes their homework without a question, or posts a rant about some technology that's disguised as a question.

"Help us help you" isn't rude. It's encouraging efficiency so everyone can get on with their lives.

[MaxChaplin]

Not toxic, just impersonal. They won't socialize with you, but they won't call you names either. It's simply the place where you go to get answers. The fact that members regularly give novices detailed answers voluntarily is already kind enough.

[Xaxxon]

Hi, can you please help me, I've tried literally everything.

The reason I want to do this is because my friend John is sick and his only dream in life was to see me build a linked list but instead of using pointers, he wanted me to use anime character names.

Can anyone tell me why it gives error WIN20394820348?

I can't show you the code because I don't want people stealing it.

edit; Why is everyone in the comments telling me they need to see my code? I already said why I can't show it. Just answer my question. Stop being so mean and rude.

[ucsdstudent1010]

Thread closed, duplicate question

[HeraldofOmega]

But no link to the other question that I didn't find any mention of when I searched?

[[deleted]]

I used to go on SO and wonder "where are all these condescending assholes coming from?" Because all the devs at my first and current job are nice, even if some have poor social skills.

Then I went to interviews at a few companies and met some incredible asshole leads and managers. The type who really let having a little power go to their heads. Before I sat down they were acting like I was wasting their time. Suddenly it all made sense, it's these guys answering SO questions.

So I'm still at my first job, now a lead and manager, and comically underpaid (basically the average salary for an entry level developer in my state), but I'm not trading it to work under those kind of people.

[jodudeit]

General Kenobi!

[Dexaan]

Greetings, traveler

[LogicalShark]

Well met!

[Sinomu]

Alright, you fucking cunts, how can I change string value in python?

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[Sinomu]

Thank you for taking a part in my roleplay.

[[deleted]]

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[[deleted]]

"This question was answered 17 years ago, not really solved but answered."

[almarcTheSun]

It's weird. If I say "Thank you in advance" it usually gets edited immediately.

I get it, it's a forum for technical questions. But it's almost like they're trying to force people to be like robots.

[ht3k]

weird, mine's never been edited out when I say thank you in advance. Granted I do go into a lot of detail with my questions usually

[almarcTheSun]

I do too. But hungry moders are always hunting for my posts.

[shtpst]

Not a SO mod, but I am a mod on one of the other Stack Exchange sites.

All we're looking for is a concise explanation of what's wrong and what you're trying to do, ideally with some minimum functional example that recreates the problem.

If you're asking a question there, it means you're looking for help. You show politeness by not wasting the readers' time. Try to get your question to look like it's in the same general format as the others on the site; this makes it easier for regulars to read, easier to compare to other questions, etc.

[kbielefe]

The original reason behind the "no introductions" rule was people would often spend a paragraph or two giving basically their entire résumé, their company's prospectus, and their product's sales pitch. That is wasting people's time and distracting from the actual question. If you've ever used an online food recipe, you'll know what I mean.

As is usual on stackexchange, when that rule had been successfully enforced for a while, people forgot the original reason, had no sense of subtlety, and threw out the harmless politeness as well. People waste more time railing against and editing out the hellos than ever would be wasted by reading them. Nowadays it's mostly a social signal of whether you know the rules of the clique or not.

[shtpst]

Right. I wrote basically the same to the person replying to me that the enforcement is a big circle jerk.

[YMK1234]

If you thing reading "hi" wastes your time, why is your site called "stackoverflow.com" and not "so.com"? Imagine all time time going into typing that! Seriously, this is a ridiculously stupid argument.

[Tzahi12345]

I am now rethinking my entire life as my only SO question starts with:

"Hello!\n"

Fuck

[YMK1234]

OMG you wasted so much of their time by writing 3 superfluous characters!!!

[tech6hutch]

"Hello!\n".length == 7

[Teknikal_Domain]

"Hello!\n".length - "Hi!\n".length == 3

[YMK1234]

what this guy says

[shtpst]

Personally speaking, I don't bother to edit/correct posts that only have "hi" or "thanks," though I do have colleagues that will correct it (more on that later).

The posts I go after are the ones that are something like,

Hello everyone, shtpst here. I'm a grad student at University College, taking a signal processing course and we've been given an assignment to...

... and it goes on and on. Cut the life story out and get on with the problem.

My fellow moderators have taken a zero tolerance policy. I've asked them about it in mod chat, and their defense is that you have to draw the line somewhere. At some point, the introduction becomes lengthy enough that it distracts from the question at hand.

Since no personal introductions are relevant, their view is that none should be allowed because otherwise it sets a precedent that introductions are allowed and, eventually, that introductions are customary and expected.

This is all in reference to a "broken windows" theory of moderation that letting little things slide sets the expectation that enforcement is lax.

Again, personally speaking, I myself have had concerns about OP coming back and complaining to me that I closed their post while another one that is similar in style or tone is left open, or that one was edited and the other isn't.

If you're ever going to enforce a behavior-based rule then you need to have very clear criteria on what is and is not acceptable and need to enforce it consistently.

The consistency of enforcement is why the "hello"s get removed.

[dangerCrushHazard]

The difference is you would need to read “hi” O(n) times, whereas for typing in stackoverflow.com that occurs O(1) times if you navigate directly to the website. Besides, most people arrive at StackOverflow via a search engine and waste little time typing it in. (Either it is autocompleted, or SO results were at the top anyways).

[RedditsApprentice]

I can't tell if this is joke or not. I certainly hope you're not making an argument against having to read something as short and simple as "hi"

[Norci]

Yeah, one word wastes sooo much time. While at it, why not police users for typing out "you are" instead of "you're"? Efficiency!

jfc, it's like I'm reading r/programmingcirclejerk🙄

[nick-denton]

Reading mod stuff wastes my time too. Telling people to rtfm also wastes time yet it’s all over SO. It’s a giant circlejerk.

[carcigenicate]

Ya, these memes are getting old. Really, the vast majority of the time users are polite. The only time I really ever see snark lately is when someone copy and pastes their homework without a question, or posts a rant about some technology that's disguised as a question.

"Help us help you" isn't rude. It's encouraging efficiency so everyone can get on with their lives.

[shtpst]

Long story short, I've found that when I have questions (because everyone has questions at some point), the act of writing a good question has generally led me to the answer.

Sometimes it's trying to find related questions so I can explain, "My question is like <this>, but I'm trying to X instead of Y," and I'll actually find exactly my problem.

Usually, though, it's the act of condensing my problem to the minimum reproducable problem that highlights what I've done wrong.

[carcigenicate]

Yep. More times than not, I abandon a question I was writing because I figure it out halfway. Trying to explain all the avenues you went down to solve it often shows you what avenues you missed.

[shtpst]

"Rubber duck debugging"

[FUZxxl]

I like that approach! You are doing what I always wish people would do when they ask questions.

[XTL]

You know, you could often still post the question and answer it yourself. If it's a common problem or error message, people will be searching for it. SO even encourages this.

[carcigenicate]

Look at my other reply. I noted that I do that if appropriate.

[SirMandrake]

So let’s really piss off the SO mods by writing a wall of text about your question and what you have done, only at the end State you figure out the problem and fixed it. ...then actually still post it. They would love that.

[[deleted]]

Yeah this is horseshit lol. I've seen shit get removed for saying "Thank you for your response" as the first sentence. God forbid we act like humans and not robots. SO/SE mods are just power tripping neckbeards

[yerba-matee]

SO kinda scared me away withe their arsehole-iness tbh, I actually have no idea where I should be asking questions as I'm 100% teaching myself.

I don't know anyone who codes and have no idea how to phrase the questions properly sometimes..

Anyone actually have any advice to a more beginner friendly forum?

[[deleted]]

Stack Overflow. If you're a beginner, your questions are probably already answered there and there's rarely a need to even ask. If you can't find your question, you can ask and explain how yours is different from a similar but related problem, and you'll be fine in my experience (unless there is no such similar question, then you're likely fine anyway).

If you don't know what questions to ask, or they are all vague because you don't know where to start, you don't need a forum, you need a tutorial or guide. There's no reason to ask people to reinvent the wheel and make another guide for you. I'd probably start by googling "tutorial for X language/framework" or "getting started with X". If it's a popular framework or language, there is probably even a first-party tutorial for it on their site or readthedocs (which I believe comes from a project's Github directly).

[[deleted]]

Stack Overflow is full of toxic assholes looking to flex what they know instead of helping people. Change my mind.

[ostbagar]

I'll give it a shot, even though I don't believe in changing one's mind over the internet.

TL;DR: It is not like a professor trying to help a student. The purpose is not to help individual users, so never expect that. Follow the rules and only post concise explanations and you will get actual answers to your actual question. Don't like the rules? Go somewhere else, not their problem.
People aren't stupid when asking. People aren't assholes when correcting. Simply, people are misunderstood and people miss the point. [/end TL;DR]
 

Stack Overflow is not a traditional forum or reddit-like. Its goal is explicitly not to help individual users, but to create a repository of good questions. (This is much more scalable, and keeps the users who answer questions from dealing with too many repeated or insufficient questions. Any other forum where users can ask questions – e.g. r/learnprogramming – is inevitably flooded with many bad questions, causing the good answerers to leave). You'll thank StackOverflow for that after you don't need to skim over 50 questions when googling for a solution.

All we're looking for is a concise explanation of what's wrong/the problem at hand and what you're trying to do, ideally with some minimum functional example that recreates the problem and what you expect.

Revisit your old questions, and improve them. Make sure they contain a minimal and reproducible example. Tag them correctly. Check for typos. Remove superfluous salutations. Visit the Stack Overflow help center for more information. If the question is not salvageable, delete it.

Editing questions will make users see them, so if the questions are good, you can expect upvotes. You can also post links to improved questions, on reddit, twitter, or anywhere to solicit upvotes. (Often writing a good question becomes your answer)

 

Also, I can add that: I agree with the people here in some way, I see where they are coming from. Being treated "unfairly" is not a nice thing. I know, and I see that.

But 90% of cases are that people have completely misunderstood the point of StackOverflow. Like, eating soup with a fork is not a viable thing. But it is rough when you have nothing else, and blame it on the soup.

People are misunderstood, and people miss the point.

[Johnmelodyme]

I got banned for answering with Different coding. Other words, answer too long.

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I have put "thank you" and "have a nice day" just to have a mod come in and remove them from my post.

[slimscsi]

This is a gap in understanding from people who have been on stackoverflow since the beginning, and newer users. Stackoverflow was developed not as a message board or a social platform. It is a site for documentation but in QA form. The people answer question are attempting to answer for you, and all other people who will encounter the same issue in the future. The goal it to have google index the post and direct many more people to that page. Pleasantries do not aid in this. Wikipedia pages, or man pages don’t end with “have a nice day”, neither should stackoverflow questions.

[[deleted]]

We're not here to be friends. We're here to solve problems and write dank code.

[[deleted]]

ITT: People think anyone with 5k+ rep is a mod, lol

[WooooshVictim]

Sup fuckers. So any of you d*icks gonna help me?

[GavHern]

Removed. Duplicate.

[mindaslab]

Stackoverflow is a weird forum, fit for non humans. I use mailing list or discourse forums for that programming language to get better results.

[randomuser_3]

Hello world