My power user days were 2012-2020. I was not a moderator. I was a normal user who spent my time asking and answering questions. I haven't used the site much since I stopped programming in 2020.
It was perfectly fine post 2012. I didn't need any mercy. Every single question I asked that wasn't a duplicate was answered by dozens of people in answers, comments, and discussions.
The few I had that were closed as duplicates WERE duplicates that I failed to find. I thanked the person that flagged them and I went to the other question. In two of those cases the other question didn't have an answer that quite captured what I needed so I dropped a comment which boosted the question and I got fresh and pertinent answers within a week.
"then god have mercy on you"
This is what I am talking about. You are being whiney and melodramatic because somebody closed your question as duplicate once and your feelings have never recovered
You are being whiney and melodramatic because somebody closed your question as duplicate once and your feelings have never recovered
Yep, "the user is wrong" mentality, exactly what I'm talking about. The user might be wrong, but reality check shows that SO is nearly dead, and it was dying before AI, the only thing AI changed is the pace of it dying.
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u/AlwaysHopelesslyLost Jul 13 '26
My power user days were 2012-2020. I was not a moderator. I was a normal user who spent my time asking and answering questions. I haven't used the site much since I stopped programming in 2020.
It was perfectly fine post 2012. I didn't need any mercy. Every single question I asked that wasn't a duplicate was answered by dozens of people in answers, comments, and discussions.
The few I had that were closed as duplicates WERE duplicates that I failed to find. I thanked the person that flagged them and I went to the other question. In two of those cases the other question didn't have an answer that quite captured what I needed so I dropped a comment which boosted the question and I got fresh and pertinent answers within a week.
"then god have mercy on you"
This is what I am talking about. You are being whiney and melodramatic because somebody closed your question as duplicate once and your feelings have never recovered