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Improved formatting, used correct name for Stack Overflow.
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edit approved Sep 29, 2014 at 20:43
Hatman
edit approved Sep 29, 2014 at 20:43
Hatman
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Get a grip. The idea of the site is to get answers to straightforward questions, and then get back to friggin' work. If one asks a question, one is going to be looking for what one thinks is the right answer, so one is going to read all of them.

Before SO: I'm looking at the entire internet full of content that isn't remotely relevant to my problem. After SO: I'm looking at an unordered set of answers to my specific question, written by real people, and one of them is probably a nudge in the right direction.

  • Before Stack Overflow: I'm looking at the entire internet full of content that isn't remotely relevant to my problem.

  • After Stack Overflow: I'm looking at an unordered set of answers to my specific question, written by real people, and one of them is probably a nudge in the right direction.

Get a grip. The idea of the site is to get answers to straightforward questions and then get back to friggin' work. If one asks a question, one is going to be looking for what one thinks is the right answer, so one is going to read all of them.

Before SO: I'm looking at the entire internet full of content that isn't remotely relevant to my problem. After SO: I'm looking at an unordered set of answers to my specific question, written by real people, and one of them is probably a nudge in the right direction.

Get a grip. The idea of the site is to get answers to straightforward questions, and then get back to work. If one asks a question, one is going to be looking for what one thinks is the right answer, so one is going to read all of them.

  • Before Stack Overflow: I'm looking at the entire internet full of content that isn't remotely relevant to my problem.

  • After Stack Overflow: I'm looking at an unordered set of answers to my specific question, written by real people, and one of them is probably a nudge in the right direction.

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Get a grip. The idea of the site is to get answers to straightforward questions and then get back to friggin' work. If one asks a question, one is going to be looking for what one thinks is the right answer, so one is going to read all of them.

Before SO: I'm looking at the entire internet full of content that isn't remotely relevant to my problem. After SO: I'm looking at an unordered set of answers to my specific question, written by real people, and one of them is probably a nudge in the right direction.