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GanyuFate t1_ixy71qc wrote

Reply to comment by QWERKey-UK in Me whenever I ask a question or post a non-meta keyboard in this sub by HydroCigna

If I made a thread I’d bet you just about anything reasonable I’d get 5-12 replies with strong opinions.

The thread is dead

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QWERKey-UK t1_ixy7tuu wrote

Maybe, maybe not. The point is though, the daily questions thread serves a purpose. The main feed was becoming increasingly chaotic with repetitive questions, often the same questions by people who just didn't spend a few minutes seeing if the same question had already recently been asked (which it often was). That is a fact. Are you suggesting we should go back to that just so YOUR question gets answered? To hell with everyone else? It's all about you, right? How much knowledge you have, or have not is irrelevant.

It serves a purpose. Like most solutions to such problems, it's not perfect. Can you suggest an alternative that's not just going back to the cluster fuck that the main feed became after the "pandemic rush"? If you can, why not suggest another way of doing things? Your idea may be a better solution.

BTW... did you get your answer, and if so, how did you arrive at it?

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GanyuFate t1_ixy7y8g wrote

I’m not a Reddit pro but if there’s a way to track how long a user has joined this subreddit to ask a question in general feed instead of only daily thread

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QWERKey-UK t1_ixy8e6p wrote

I don't understand. It's not just about beginners. While most of the repetitive questions do come from beginners, they are not exclusive to beginners. There are also people who join and just lurk. There's no real way to differentiate in a way that would "filter" people in such a way, and to be honest, it would be discriminating to do so. Effectively, it would be saying, "You've been here a week, so you know nothing", and conversely, "You've been here for a year, so you shouldn't be asking in this thread".

The ideal solution should be that people just take the small amount of time, and effort required to see if their question is a common one before they post, but despite notices asking them to do just that, they do not. This would be the advice in any large sub or forum, not just this one.

Did you ask your question again after the 24 hour reset, or did you just assume that because it wasn't answered then the thread is useless?

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