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Re:Stack Overflow announces 28% headcount reduction by pasc1878 on Monday October 16, 2023 @08:32AM (#37898942)
The answer here is that "putting effort into my questions"

A lot of questions show people have not done that by either reading manuals or searching SO.

Why should a answereer put effort into writing a good answer when the questioner has not shown any effort?

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Re:Stack Overflow announces 28% headcount reduction by gilleain on Monday October 16, 2023 @08:44AM (#37899065)
A broader problem is that some people do not really want one answer to one question but basically some tech support to solve their problem. Either they then ask a series of separate questions (not always fun times) or try to engage in the comments (which then get deleted!).
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