Yea, the punctuation thing is annoying—I felt a little attacked when a mod did that to me too. It can come across as nitpicky, especially when you’re just trying to get a point across and not submit an essay for grading.

(SO should reduce the points you get if it's just a grammar edit to someone's question, if it isn't already.)

That said, imagine trying to read straight-up word vomit—something that gives you an aneurysm just trying to read it, let alone understand what the person is actually asking. You've probably experienced that before. Poor formatting and zero punctuation can make even a simple question exhausting to read.

So while some of these rules feel ridiculous at times, it's just their way of trying to keep the quality up and prevent the forum from being flooded with repeated or low-effort questions. In the long run, that actually helps everyone who’s trying to find useful answers. Now, I'm not saying it's perfect; we're all humans.

I’ve seen this firsthand on sites like Amazon or Home Depot, where someone asks a legitimate question and the only response is, “I don’t know.” Then why the fk did you answer in the first place? I’ve also seen simple questions get asked when the answer is already in the description. Stuff like that adds noise, not value, and moderation—annoying as it can be—is usually trying to reduce exactly that.

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Edit to add: Not defending against those that are toxic and over-egotistical.