However it is helpful to point out when someone phrases their question poorly.
Mate… the reason I specifically pointed out the community is because when you see a post asking “Who has the record for the fastest completion time in 2022?”, you might look at the community name, see that it’s a Mario 64 speedrun community, and infer the context. Oh! The fastest Mario 64 speeding completion time!
If someone goes in and comments something like “There’s many records for fastest times of things like running, biking, cars, etc. Maybe you should phrase that better to get an actual answer?”, people might say “Hey, you know this is a speedrun community, right?” because it’d be very clear what they were asking if you looked at the community you were commenting on.
tl;dr: OP did not post a poorly-phrased question. You simply misunderstood the context of their question. I had assumed your misunderstanding came from you not looking at what community you were in.
It’s surprising how often people think they need to explain very simple concepts to me, while I’m talking about things that already require understanding what they’re explaining, and several other things as well.
Mate… the reason I specifically pointed out the community is because when you see a post asking “Who has the record for the fastest completion time in 2022?”, you might look at the community name, see that it’s a Mario 64 speedrun community, and infer the context. Oh! The fastest Mario 64 speeding completion time!
If someone goes in and comments something like “There’s many records for fastest times of things like running, biking, cars, etc. Maybe you should phrase that better to get an actual answer?”, people might say “Hey, you know this is a speedrun community, right?” because it’d be very clear what they were asking if you looked at the community you were commenting on.
tl;dr: OP did not post a poorly-phrased question. You simply misunderstood the context of their question. I had assumed your misunderstanding came from you not looking at what community you were in.
Inferring from context is hard for many of us, which I think is the point Steve wanted to make.
It’s surprising how often people think they need to explain very simple concepts to me, while I’m talking about things that already require understanding what they’re explaining, and several other things as well.
tl;dr: Whoosh!