How much did “advice for first-time askers” help?

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2:31 AM

I am a bit curious whether this influences the decision whether to ask for the same feature at MO - but I'll be rather surprised if it happens.

Martin Sleziak

2:52 AM

Q: Should users be shown some basic information before posting the first question?

In an answer to another question discussing possibilities how to decrease the number of off-topic questions1 it was mentioned that: Perhaps we should force a person to read the rules before posting the first question? By clicking some button "read and understood the rules". Something similar was...