I have never asked a question on SO for this very reason. I will do hours of extra research and testing and searching because I do not want to be on the receiving end of some of the comments I've seen like "you should really get some training in that".
And yes, the extra work in forming a quality question does indeed often help me answer my own question.
However, I have often benefited from someone else's stupid question; so, I'm glad they asked even though I wouldn't have. I also benefit from the opinion questions even though they are always shut down as "not relevant" or "off topic".
It's getting to the point where it is difficult to even read some of the answers because you have to sift through all the hateful snarky comments. I have actually started deliberately avoiding SO and trying out the 2nd or 3rd search result sites.
It's easy to say RTFM but sometimes what people need is context. Unless you've programmed in C and used printf and scanf then format strings in whatever language are pretty opaque.
And yes, the extra work in forming a quality question does indeed often help me answer my own question.
However, I have often benefited from someone else's stupid question; so, I'm glad they asked even though I wouldn't have. I also benefit from the opinion questions even though they are always shut down as "not relevant" or "off topic".
It's getting to the point where it is difficult to even read some of the answers because you have to sift through all the hateful snarky comments. I have actually started deliberately avoiding SO and trying out the 2nd or 3rd search result sites.
It's easy to say RTFM but sometimes what people need is context. Unless you've programmed in C and used printf and scanf then format strings in whatever language are pretty opaque.