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Re:Why does man print “gimme gimme gimme” at 00:30? (2017) by whatshisface on Thursday July 29, 2021 @12:42PM (#27998427)
The XY problem in theory: An expert with broader knowledge than you realizes what you really should be asking.

The XY problem in practice: Someone doesn't know the answer to your question so they randomly choose a response from the ten things they do know.

Also: If we're calling it the "XY problem," does that make it mansplaining? (XY? Get it? Sorry.)

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Re:Why does man print “gimme gimme gimme” at 00:30? (2017) by shawnz on Thursday July 29, 2021 @02:02PM (#27999472)
If someone only has a tangential knowledge of the problem, would it be better if they just don't give their input at all and simply leave the thread empty? Non-experts contributing their opinion doesn't take away space from the experts to answer it properly.

If the advice is really that bad or uninformed, then it should just be downvoted. That's not really related to the "XY problem".

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Re:Why does man print “gimme gimme gimme” at 00:30? (2017) by whatshisface on Thursday July 29, 2021 @02:19PM (#27999673)
On stack overflow, having several tangential non-answers will make the question look well-answered, potentially misdirecting the real expert away from it by creating a false impression.
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Re:Why does man print “gimme gimme gimme” at 00:30? (2017) by kasabali on Thursday July 29, 2021 @03:50PM (#28000610)
> Non-experts contributing their opinion doesn't take away space from the experts to answer it properly.

Ever heard of a thing called signal to noise ratio?

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