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by craftyguy
2998 days ago
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I disagree. A user who does not understand an answer to a question they have can easily ask for clarification without reposting the same question again (even if reworded). If they see a question they do not understand, they can ask for clarification in order to determine if the question they found is similar to the one they have. These are basic skills that prove useful in a variety of situations where you may want to seek assistance. By encouraging post duplication, you will quickly burn out folks who want to be helpful. I certainly would not want to answer 1000 questions that are essentially 1 question reworded 1000 times, would you? |
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Often times people just starting to learn or are new to a subject matter dont know what they dont know. So they might simply not have the capacity to realize they are asking a similar question or that an answer to another question will suit their needs. I feel its more beneficial to allow these people to ask their questions with the limited expanse of knowledge they have and use it to learn. Hopefully as a result will one day return the favor. The system now shuns these people and they never return or help and end up disliking the community.
>By encouraging post duplication, you will quickly burn out folks who want to be helpful
This is what the voting system is for. Any system that places a ranking level on votes should filter this out easily. There is nothing that says you have to answer a question just because you know the answer. Just vote and move on to keep yourself from burning out.