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by badc0ffee 10 days ago
The "that's a XY problem" guys always seem to think they're the smartest in the room.
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blt 10 days ago
imo this was the single worst problem with SO, people always searching for the XY problem in every question instead of taking it at face value
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nottorp 8 days ago
Mostly I'd say their downfall was that they encouraged copypasta material and actively discouraged any kind of behaviour that would have built a community.
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