There are so many times I’ve tried to look up an answer to a technical problem I had. And I click the top result and it’s a forum post. Someone asked the exact question I was looking for, and every reply is: “already answered,” “learn to use the search box,” and “wow your’e dubm for not already knowing this you n00b.”
Search engine doesn’t know, it just sees a thread with the search terms and lots of engagement so it becomes the top search result. I wish everyone who acted that way on forums a very pleasant long walk down a very short pier.
There are so many times I’ve tried to look up an answer to a technical problem I had. And I click the top result and it’s a forum post. Someone asked the exact question I was looking for, and every reply is: “already answered,” “learn to use the search box,” and “wow your’e dubm for not already knowing this you n00b.”
Search engine doesn’t know, it just sees a thread with the search terms and lots of engagement so it becomes the top search result. I wish everyone who acted that way on forums a very pleasant long walk down a very short pier.
If closing as “already answered” it should really be "already answered by [link to other thread]
That’s actually how it works.