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Should I split my questions, Stack Overflow style?
(sorry if this is not the right category, I did not find anything more "meta")
When I have a question, I am usually looking for a general answer (except if the question is very specific to a small problem in a model) and then try to ask it as completely as possible.
Having used SO for many years (BTW it is a relief to see this Onshape community being so kind to beginners), I have the reflex to split all my questions into self-contained pieces. I am wondering if this is not too much, though.
As an example, I asked a question and had a follow-up one. I almost added it to the existing one (being a "natural" continuation) but ended up creating a new one.
On the one hand, this leads to multiplication, on the other one — someone's search will have more chances to hit the title.
What is the convention in this forum?
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S1mon
Member Posts: 3,039 PRO
I post the vast majority of my questions or observations in General. It's frustrating when people don't search first for answers, but it's also frustrating when people reply to 5 year old threads which are no longer relevant because things change and improve every 3 weeks. Having topics change radically during the course of a thread is weird, but follow-ups seem perfectly fine.
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Jist do whatever feels right to you.
I post the vast majority of my questions or observations in General. It's frustrating when people don't search first for answers, but it's also frustrating when people reply to 5 year old threads which are no longer relevant because things change and improve every 3 weeks. Having topics change radically during the course of a thread is weird, but follow-ups seem perfectly fine.
I think the only thing that really annoys is a new angry post on an ancient thread about how this feature is essential and poster can't believe how it hasn't been implemented. It usually seems to be someone who's just signed up for the pleasure and never posts again.