[teddyh]

I always ask for this every time Wikipedia critics come telling their tales of woe. But as a rule they don’t provide it.

[ChrisKnott]

Also true of StackOverflow and "Google ignores my keywords" complaints. People almost never provide the examples, despite claiming it is a daily occurrence.

[saagarjha]

Here’s one from Stack Overflow that annoyed me recently: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16023637/difference-betw.... The question is quite sane (there are these two similar options in GCC, how do they differ?), but it was closed as being “ambiguous”.

[throwaway_pdp09]

Closed as you say, but the question was still answered so what's the problem.

[saagarjha]

Poorly, but I digress. I see no reason to close the question. I see multiple people voting to do so a disconnect from the people deciding this.

[colejohnson66]

The problem is: what if it was closed before it got the answer? Closed questions can’t receive answers.

[jl6]

It’s because cases are rarely black-and-white and even legitimate grievances usually have at least some element of fault lying with the complainant, which undermines hyperbolic claims that the sky is falling at these websites.

[throwaway_pdp09]

True, that. The psychology of why they want to feel slighted totally defeats me though.