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Obviously we are not very generous voters, but in my opinion that is not so much a problem. Voting on questions To decide to vote up a question or not, you need to know more than just the content of t …

The occasion Luckily not often, but I do remember a few occasions that I answered a question, and the poster decided afterwards he or she actually meant to ask another question. While the posted answe …

That the OP now has to go to the duplicate of the duplicate to get his answer I do not mind, if he would have looked he would have found it himself and saved us the trouble. is not necessarily true. …

Let's look from a distance Let's zoom out a bit, and not go into all the details too much. Most of your annoyances are the result of the (mis-)conception that AU is some kind of a private help desk. N …

Just a few notes on "marketing" your answer Both answers are fine, but: ...the decision to look into an answer is often done in a split second, and on a sub conscious level. Assume we are lazy readers …

The full discussion is to be found here In my defense, I was extremely tired and had a few bad days behind me. … For the record, Re-reading the story, I can perfectly understand his point of view, and don't have an issue with Raphael whatsoever, but: Back to the subject of the question In the discussion that followed …

This morning, I ran into this question on code-sharing options. Reading through the answers, I very much liked the (at this moment highest voted) very nice overview by Serg. The question mentioned OP …

If I remember well, my very first answer on Askubuntu was removed, and it is not too long ago. I didn't like it, but it drew my attention and made me curious to the general idea of the site. Although …

It is clear that having the same question answered on a daily base is harmful. Discouraging to create good answers that take time to create, and making appropriate answers hard to find in a jungle of …

I think there is another, much more important limitation than time. To up- or downvote, you have to be able to recognize the quality of a question or an answer. In the ideal situation, people would o …

Well, I am not muru, but I can imagine why the line was removed. I could have done it as well. Since this is a question / answer site, questions should be questions and answers should be answers, and …

Some people think answering questions is more difficult than asking. I think it is the other way around. Looking into the example in your post: The worst thing you can do is to give a lot of informat …

I checked your latest 30 answers on downvotes. I found 1 downvote on this answer. Looking at the argumentation (assuming it is corresponding to the downvote), it has nothing to do with (not) using cli …

We love to hear that of course! I should mention that we need you at least as much as you need us, because we simply love to do what we do here; make things work. At the same time: WATCH OUT!... …

Let's Look at your post from a wider perspective: This site is run by volunteers, spending their time to ask and answer questions. The ones who are no doubt the most committed are the moderators. The …