> Stack Overflow is a toxic cesspool that is utterly useless outside of historical answers
Mostly sums it up - I've had luck with a number of my AWS questions getting good answers (from AWS employees I suspect) but I've definitely had well-written questions closed because some moderator didn't take the time to actually read what I'd written, and I don't think there was a way to appeal it either.
I recently had someone close my question because I answered it, and linked to it in another question. So they assumed the question I linked had the answer.
Shorter OP: "The place I rely on for triage on my personal projects (because who wants randos spamming questions on GH, amirite?) and for free technical support (no answers posted since 2021, but about a question a month) simply isn't providing the service I pay nothing for!"
Your comment sounds exactly like the sentiment you see on stack overflow and is a big part of the problem the OP is complaining about. It’s abrasive, unhelpful, and if that’s all you have to say on this topic, better left unsaid.
Same issue than one of the guy in the thread, when I was fresh I didn't really need to ask the basic questions as most of the time they were already answerd. And then when I felt confident to reply to some questions, The system just shut me down for not having enough point. Never tried again and just kept it as a read-only source since that time (like 7-8 years ago)
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 25.3 ms ] threadMostly sums it up - I've had luck with a number of my AWS questions getting good answers (from AWS employees I suspect) but I've definitely had well-written questions closed because some moderator didn't take the time to actually read what I'd written, and I don't think there was a way to appeal it either.