Peple misunderstand “Closed as duplicate” as an insult, when it’s just the hint to look at the provided link. If you didn’t find the answer previously, this just means there are multiple ways to express the problem, which use different words and thus don’t all find the same google result.
That’s fair, but if you edit the question to explain how it’s different (without which, how could anyone even answer your question?), it can be (and often is) reopened.
They also changed the wording from “closed” to “on hold” years ago, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen the people complaining about the site take any notice.
Peple misunderstand “Closed as duplicate” as an insult, when it’s just the hint to look at the provided link. If you didn’t find the answer previously, this just means there are multiple ways to express the problem, which use different words and thus don’t all find the same google result.
It’s annoying when it is not a duplicate tho
Which is quite often
That’s fair, but if you edit the question to explain how it’s different (without which, how could anyone even answer your question?), it can be (and often is) reopened.
But it’s those people who close it as a duplicate and not post the link to a valuable answer.
You cannot even mark it as duplicate without providing a link to the answer. What are you talking about?
They also changed the wording from “closed” to “on hold” years ago, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen the people complaining about the site take any notice.
It’s because they don’t use the site and they don’t have a problem to solve. They’re just here to complain.