Re:Want quick answers? Ask questions well
by NovemberWhiskey on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @06:54PM
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>At the point of contacting support, I've probably already done my research
... then you're already not part of the problem.
At the point of contacting support, I've probably already done my research and have come to the conclusion:
* I don't know how to explain my issue. I want a human that might be able to make the connection for me.
* I've already searched your docs. They're either too confusing, don't answer my question, or lack clarity in a critical detail.
* I haven't searched your docs because I suspect it's a glitch (like downtime) or bug (like clearly bad UI)
* I haven't searched your docs because, I don't care. I'm doing a courtesy of informing you of a problem, but I don't expect you to fix it.
* I'm a potential customer. I want to understand how your team will actually deal with me if I have issue. Good documentation is great, but useless if you don't have a human to support weird edge-cases.