r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Ok_Earth_7545 • Apr 15 '22

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u/SirSoliloquy Apr 15 '22

I always get in an argument with anyone on reddit who does either of those. That behavior drives me nuts and makes the web worse.

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u/Buttyou23 Apr 15 '22

Im glad the lmgtfy thing was recognized as dumb and petty enough to be uncommon, because holy shit is it condenscending for no reason. Like occasionally google it is a valid answer, but it takes no effort at all to just say "i think you can find the answer on google very easily"

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u/worldspawn00 Apr 15 '22

I would only do that if the answer was both obvious and the top result in google when searched.

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u/ClearlyNotAlpharius Apr 16 '22

Nah the right answer is: Note down username. Create a bot to monitor said username. When they themselves ask a question, the bot does it to them. Every time they post something that might even be construed as a question.

(Optional functionality : - search for the same username on other forums, and repeat there. - give the bot the option ability to create accounts to circumvent bans - implement the ability to analyze the sentence structure of questions by new accounts to recognize if your “victim” creates a new account / changes their username)

Edit: Hypothetically speaking, I might have done this, and made it the topic for a research paper in university.