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at SE, most work needed is also on casual user, see eg A Theory of Moderation. The very change proposed here is intended to shift even more of the work to these users. (also, a minor nitpick, you are not a customer - first, because you don't pay for service, and most importantly, because folks providing content at SE are unpaid volunteers)
– gnat
Commented May 6, 2021 at 9:57
@gnat: THX for the link, will read later. (And "customer" was the best approximation I could come up with :-)
– Hauke Reddmann
Commented May 6, 2021 at 12:54
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Posts don't get nuked instantaniously on SE/SO. They get closed, yes. They might get downvoted too. But if you edit your post according to the guidance given in the close notice you have a good chance of redeeming yourself.
– Luuklag
Commented May 6, 2021 at 13:15
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You are not a customer here (your last sentence states that you are), you are a user, as are most (including me), so there is no way to question a "seller" for an unsuccessful business or a bad product, SE network sites aim to add quality content that should be useful for future visitors and not just the interest of a single individual who arrives with a question with a "giant code" or that we cannot easily reproduce, we should not be a helpdesk, this is not a "trade", it is a "community". I hope you understand how constructive the criticism is.
– Korvo
Commented May 6, 2021 at 20:37
@GuilhermeNascimento: I can't count how often I could recycle an useful answer (mainly coding SEs), and I love SE for that, so of course you are right. (I doubt, though, that my questions will have that fate, as they tend to be rather specific. OK, on Chess I already got a Nice Question Badge, so not all hope is lost :-)
– Hauke Reddmann
Commented May 7, 2021 at 7:51

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