Comments on: One Reason Your Q&A Questions May Not Be Getting Answered http://onlinebusinessnetworker.net/blog/2009/06/one-reason-your-qa-questions-may-not-be-getting-answered/ What the other guys won't tell you! Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:49:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ed Smiley http://onlinebusinessnetworker.net/blog/2009/06/one-reason-your-qa-questions-may-not-be-getting-answered/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Ed Smiley Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:58:25 +0000 http://onlinebusinessnetworker.net/blog//?p=44#comment-92 I _hate_ those questions. I look at the technical questions a lot, and in many cases the questioners are not doing themselves a favor by asking a too general question. Such a question will get a too general answer, and the answer will be useless. Most folks will avoid the question like the plague. A lot of the technical questions are in the category of “What web technology should I use?” (With no further qualification, so we don’t know anything about the business or the platform constraints. A better question is what web technologies should I avoid and why?) “How do I set up a web site” (If you substitute “how do you cook food?” or “how do you pick out clothes” you can see this is a type of question that has a lot of answers, but non are tailored to your needs.) I _hate_ those questions. I look at the technical questions a lot, and in many cases the questioners are not doing themselves a favor by asking a too general question.

Such a question will get a too general answer, and the answer will be useless. Most folks will avoid the question like the plague.

A lot of the technical questions are in the category of
“What web technology should I use?” (With no further qualification, so we don’t know anything about the business or the platform constraints. A better question is what web technologies should I avoid and why?)

“How do I set up a web site” (If you substitute “how do you cook food?” or “how do you pick out clothes” you can see this is a type of question that has a lot of answers, but non are tailored to your needs.)

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