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by Arnt 396 days ago
Bah. I volunteer to do x and if you try to read some duty to also volunteer for y between the lines, you can do y yourself. If you expect kindness to someone I don't care to help, go on, show that kindness by doing y yourself.

Nobody pays us answerers to do what we do. The key prerogative of a volunteer is that the volunteer alone chooses what to volunteer for.

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Probably right, definitely justifiable, super annoying and actively driving away users.
Most users don't ask. They search.

The users who ask questions that nobody cares to answer aren't particularly attractive.

This. This is exactly it.