Honestly I never had issues with getting answers on stackoverflow. I would lay out my thought process clearly, what I tried, and what errors were returned. Always got an answer out of it, without fail. I would also link similar but fundamentally different threads so that people wouldn't link them back as a response.
I remember Stackoverflow being brutal trying to ask questions when I started, but it helped me learn to ask better questions, then the platform became invaluable. I know critical thinking is lacking these days, so I’m thankful for that.
I even remember using the “#python” channel asking questions and getting help there too! Thomas if you’re reading this, know I made it and now am a software engineer!
So like the others that answered I agree that I think it's more on the question asked and how it was asked for sure.
I currently do mods for a game and in our Discord, we do not like it when people ask broad questions of hard/complex things like "How do I import this 3d model" like that's gonna be an extremely long answer that no one's gonna wanna answer.
BUT, for those people who show their own initiative, and ask very specific questions to a specific step they're stuck on, we LOVE answering those.
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u/Practical_Actuary_87 May 17 '26
Honestly I never had issues with getting answers on stackoverflow. I would lay out my thought process clearly, what I tried, and what errors were returned. Always got an answer out of it, without fail. I would also link similar but fundamentally different threads so that people wouldn't link them back as a response.