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Re:Total monthly number of StackOverflow questions over time by matsemann on Sunday January 04, 2026 @03:28PM (#46491851)
> Having your SO question closed as off-topic or already answered isn’t believable to you?

It is believable. But it being a problem I don't see. If it's off-topic, that's sad for you but no reason to feel angry or it being "hostile" or something. It's just off-topic. Same if I started posting lots of local news from my city to HN. It's simply just off-topic and not what the site should contain. If it's already answered, being pointed to that answer by someone spending the time to digging it up is also not rude. Sure, you may feel bad because you feel someone "reprimanded" you or something. But that's on you.

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Re:Total monthly number of StackOverflow questions over time by Timwi on Sunday January 04, 2026 @08:56PM (#46494509)
Why do you continue to ask for examples if you're just going to downplay them or explain them away like you did here?
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Re:Total monthly number of StackOverflow questions over time by matsemann on Monday January 05, 2026 @01:59AM (#46496021)
Still haven't been given a single example? And no, closing a question isn't necessarily hostile.
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Re:Total monthly number of StackOverflow questions over time by gn4d on Monday January 05, 2026 @10:44AM (#46500131)
He's demonstrating in real-time to other contributors here why SO is toast hahaha

The feeling you are getting when talking to that arrogant brick wall was the prototypical SO user experience.

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Re:Total monthly number of StackOverflow questions over time by matsemann on Monday January 05, 2026 @12:06PM (#46501466)
No need for name calling. If anything, you're demonstrating what I'm pointing out: emotionally charged responses to perfectly polite behavior.
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Re:Total monthly number of StackOverflow questions over time by gn4d on Monday January 05, 2026 @04:54PM (#46505545)
Emotionally charged? No, just pointing out a statement of fact that conversing with you is like attempting to have a reasonable discussion with a brick wall. That's not emotional, just objective... you are perfectly suited to SO!
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Re:Total monthly number of StackOverflow questions over time by n5NOJwkc7kRC on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @05:51PM (#46519971)
You're a Republican voter, aren't you?
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Re:Total monthly number of StackOverflow questions over time by Timwi on Thursday January 08, 2026 @05:00AM (#46539286)
Using perfectly polite words does not mean your behavior is perfectly polite.
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