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by singular 4846 days ago
I'd vote for moderators who punish people for answering:-

X. It took me Y seconds to google your problem and find that solution.

It'd save me downvoting every time I see that kind of ridiculous passive aggressive bullshit.

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Feel free to propose edits to such answers with constructive criticism. In practice, there aren't many of these on SO.
You say that as if you know that for a fact, I've seen them over + over again (anecdote, but still), as well as many other such passive-aggressive responses. I often do take action on them, however the prevalence makes me think that not enough is done about the standard developer issue of people not knowing how to behave civilly to one another.

Frustrating to be so downvoted for raising something that is so rotten by the way, presumably it's ok to talk down to somebody simply because you feel they haven't put in enough effort in asking a question?

Or perhaps it was the language? That stems from being frustrated with the nasty culture that seems to be seeping in to so many corners of our development communities.

Flag those - and then select the "not an answer" option from the menu.

"Google it" answers tend to be deleted pretty quickly by the mods.