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5:48 PM

The chat should be there in the App

5:59 PM

@WYSIWYG Note that that is not SO policy. That's just classic SO snobs. With a site of that size, your experience is very random. It depends on who happens to see your question and in what mood they happen to be in. I've seen similar questions treated well and answered.

WYSIWYG

@terdon you mean this question?

terdon

yesterday, by WYSIWYG

because in stackoverflow, to even ask a question one has to know something about programming. Even then sometimes they are harsh. For example I made a typo in a fortran script and was breaking my head over the compiler error. I thought there is something wrong with how I have written the code (I am new to fortran). Seems it was just a typo. I get 2 downvotes and since there is an upvoted answer I cant even delete the post. I just have to live with it :P

@WYSIWYG No, I meant your question on SO.

WYSIWYG

@terdon ahh.. I didn't mind it as long as I found and fixed my issue

terdon

The little arrow that appears to the left of replies is a link to the chat post being replied to.

@WYSIWYG For example

If you hover over my last message, you'll see your last one highlighted.

WYSIWYG

6:15 PM

ahh thanks..

terdon

Also:

Q: Chat Reply Helper for Stack Exchange sites

Press : to start replying to a previous message. Press ↑ as many times as you need to mark the desired message. What does it do? First of all, the Chat Reply Helper for Stack Exchange sites provides a simple key combination to select a message to reply to. This removes the need to grab the...

WYSIWYG

Thanks again..

But what is your stand on our tolerance to trivial questions

terdon

I agree with what you guys are saying. I don't like "homework" as a close reason (never have) but I expect users to do their research before posting.

I am all for closing questions for lack of effort. Except, of course, in those cases where the OP is a layman and simply lacks the knowledge necessary to do any research.

For example, it would be very hard to look up exon silencing if you didn't know its name.

WYSIWYG

should laymen also not do their work before asking. SE is not really for educating layman. It is mostly for helping people who are venturing into a field or discussing problems between professionals

terdon

7:14 PM

@WYSIWYG Of course they should. It's just that researching certain things requires a minimal level of knowledge. If only to point people in the right direction.

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