Stack Overflow is like a subway system. The trains come and go and the doors open and close without regard for whether any individual passengers get where they're going, because, paradoxically, operating that way ensures that as many passengers as possible get where they're going.
It's better when it's impersonal, like when the door to the train closes in your face or the train leaves just before you arrive. The problem is when it's personal and the comments are mean or derisive. Then it's like having the door close in your face and voice from a speaker says, "Ever hear of walking faster?"
I've never asked a question, but I've answered hundreds. I've accepted that at times it's going to seem uncaring, even though by its very nature it's exactly the opposite. But once in a while when I see people making harsh comments to someone who's just trying to get some help it gets under my skin. Never be mean.
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Stack Overflow is like a subway system. The trains come and go and the doors open and close without regard for whether any individual passengers get where they're going, because, paradoxically, operating that way ensures that as many passengers as possible get where they're going.
It's better when it's impersonal, like when the door to the train closes in your face or the train leaves just before you arrive. The problem is when it's personal and the comments are mean or derisive. Then it's like having the door close in your face and voice from a speaker says, "Ever hear of walking faster?"
I've never asked a question, but I've answered hundreds. I've accepted that at times it's going to seem uncaring, even though by its very nature it's exactly the opposite. But once in a while when I see people making harsh comments to someone who's just trying to get some help it gets under my skin. Never be mean.