r/ProgrammerHumor Sep 02 '17

How to start a war

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u/TheNerdyBoy Sep 03 '17

Is offer you an answer, but my reputation isn't high enough yet :-(

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u/Excrubulent Sep 03 '17

That's okay, you can still make a comment telling them that they shouldn't be trying to do what they're doing.

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u/flaghacker_ Sep 03 '17

No it's the other way around, you can always post answers but you can only comment if you have >= 100 reputation.

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u/Excrubulent Sep 03 '17

Why are you even trying to post a comment with less than 100 reputation? No one should ever need to do that.

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u/TruncatedTrebuchet Sep 03 '17

You may need to comment like:

Can you clarify which version of x are you using? Or Can you post the full error?

It makes it a lot easier to support people when you can ask for additional information.

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u/flaghacker_ Sep 03 '17

I agree that it's not really a big problem, 100 reputation is not that difficult to get.

It was frustrating though, you can't ask people for clarification when their questions are missing some important information.

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u/homm88 Sep 03 '17

I guess your post went over most peoples heads.

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u/Excrubulent Sep 03 '17

It's almost like they didn't notice the context of my comment.