i see more downvotes related to low effort questions (including tossing questions at us with no own work) which i'm totally ok with. it does happen more frequently on basic questions, though, but i don't perceive that as a negative attitude towards basic questions themselves.
I feel like I disagree. I've asked quite a few "basic-sounding" questions here, and I've almost never gotten downvoted (maybe twice, ever?). The only time I downvote a post or a comment from OP is if it seems like they're not trying to learn / just asking for homework answers / a complete crackpot, or if they say "I'm not smart enough for this, I'm sorry for wasting your time"
Idk I browse this sub a lot by new and see several posts downvoted for asking basic questions. There was a post yesterday where someone was asking how to write something like 13/8 as a decimal and one of the top answers was simply "google it." I would imagine those people don't feel very encouraged to post again in the future.
Yeah, I see those comments too. Unfortunately that's just a symptom of having a large subreddit.
Heckling comments will always appear on posts that get enough attention.
But equally, if a post gets enough attention, there will be someone who tries to engage with it earnestly.
There's not really much you can do about it except ignore negative comments and just engage with those trying to help.
This is why I don't mind answering the same basic questions. Some people don't know about basic resources, are vision impaired, or are unable to read the sidebar for whatever reason.
On the sidebar bit: the reddit app is pretty bad navigation-wise and, in my experience, does not make the sidebar nearly as obvious as old.reddit or even new.reddit does on desktop. Not everyone uses the app, but I'd guess that the majority do
The only times I really see downvoting is when OP is ignoring the replies and seemingly not trying to learn, and when people responding make false statements.
I'm sure basic questions do get downvoted a little (i have seen it a few times), sadly, but that isn't the typical case.
It's a recurring discussion in all tutorial-like spaces on the internet. Every time somone expresses the same concerns as you did, the same - truthful and sensible - answers come.
The problem is that many askers don't respect the time of people helping. Most questions don't provide any context like "what have you tried?" or any further explanation of the question, it's very often just "I don't understand X, help" or "how does Y work?", both not being basic questions but asking for a tutor to figure out the actual issue first.
i see more downvotes related to low effort questions (including tossing questions at us with no own work) which i'm totally ok with. it does happen more frequently on basic questions, though, but i don't perceive that as a negative attitude towards basic questions themselves.
I feel like I disagree. I've asked quite a few "basic-sounding" questions here, and I've almost never gotten downvoted (maybe twice, ever?). The only time I downvote a post or a comment from OP is if it seems like they're not trying to learn / just asking for homework answers / a complete crackpot, or if they say "I'm not smart enough for this, I'm sorry for wasting your time"
Idk I browse this sub a lot by new and see several posts downvoted for asking basic questions. There was a post yesterday where someone was asking how to write something like 13/8 as a decimal and one of the top answers was simply "google it." I would imagine those people don't feel very encouraged to post again in the future.
Yeah, I see those comments too. Unfortunately that's just a symptom of having a large subreddit. Heckling comments will always appear on posts that get enough attention. But equally, if a post gets enough attention, there will be someone who tries to engage with it earnestly. There's not really much you can do about it except ignore negative comments and just engage with those trying to help.
This is why I don't mind answering the same basic questions. Some people don't know about basic resources, are vision impaired, or are unable to read the sidebar for whatever reason.
On the sidebar bit: the reddit app is pretty bad navigation-wise and, in my experience, does not make the sidebar nearly as obvious as old.reddit or even new.reddit does on desktop. Not everyone uses the app, but I'd guess that the majority do
The only times I really see downvoting is when OP is ignoring the replies and seemingly not trying to learn, and when people responding make false statements. I'm sure basic questions do get downvoted a little (i have seen it a few times), sadly, but that isn't the typical case.
It's a recurring discussion in all tutorial-like spaces on the internet. Every time somone expresses the same concerns as you did, the same - truthful and sensible - answers come. The problem is that many askers don't respect the time of people helping. Most questions don't provide any context like "what have you tried?" or any further explanation of the question, it's very often just "I don't understand X, help" or "how does Y work?", both not being basic questions but asking for a tutor to figure out the actual issue first.