I've literally never had a SO question deleted/downvoted/any of the other stuff.
Just think of a genuinely good question and show you've done a modicum of research and people will happily reply to it
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I love the profoundly flawed "you should have searched" logic. Nearly everyone who got there did so because a google search failed. The first step in this process _is_ a search.
You're being whined at for not knowing the very specific incantation which will summon the results. Which, if you knew, you likely wouldn't need to ask anyway.
"You're stupid and your question is stupid. I forbid answers. I will keep it up and nofollow all of the scalped resources it links to in the hopes others can come here and benefit from this lack of answer"
Marked as duplicate, use the search next time won't you??
I agree with you, but my first step in doing a modicum of research on a new subject is to ask questions. I can ask the most basic questions to chatgpt and usually get pointed in the right direction.
Which is my point. ChatGPT is the most basic modicum of research and it is excellent for that. But it also can do a lot more.
How can you do research if you don't know what you don't know?
How do you expect anyone to help you if you don't know what to ask? You have to at least have a starting point, and that's usually more than enough on SO.
stackoverflow.com/users/8610114/sensanaty
Seriously just check out questions I've asked on SO. They're nothing groundbreaking, a lot of them are pretty beginner/basic questions, yet I've never really had adverse reactions to any one of my questions. Some go unanswered sure, and I might have one or two marked as dupes (they are more or less) but if you've ever browser the "new" portion of the site it's inundated with hudreds of shitty, low effort questions, so it's understandable.
SO is also an excellent jumping off point for figuring it out yourself. I've had dozens of times where I figured out a solution midway through typing a question, since you have to make good quality questions there in the first place.