That's certainly a valid criticism, David, and my intention is certainly not to waste anyone's time. However, I think it's natural that as users (particularly very new users) search for information online, they will find increasingly specialized help forums and/or will fail to find answers in one place and will try another place instead. Not every case of multi-posting is a case of forum spamming, and indeed I do update and/or close discussions as answers become apparent elsewhere.
Best, Daniel On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 10:53 AM, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote: > Daniel Miller <lontano.compo...@gmail.com> writes: > > > Thanks for your help Federico (and David). > > > > As to posting a question in multiple places, I don't see that as a > problem. > > Different online communities have different specialties and knowledge > > areas. As you can see, very few LilyPond users saw my post on > > stackoverflow... so I came here instead. At worst, redundancy increases > the > > chance that some other neophyte LilyPond user, struggling with the same > > issue, will find an answer to their question. > > No, at worst someone spends considerable time creating an answer for you > that you no longer need. If you only value your own time, posting to > multiple places independently looks like a good deal. However, once > someone figures out that he wasted his time answering you, he might be > less inclined to give your questions a thought in future. So even from > a purely egoistical point of view this is sketchy. > > Now it sounds as if you did not get a useful answer on Stackoverflow. > So in case you eventually resolve your problem with the help of this > list, it would make sense to answer your own question on Stackoverflow > using the help/information you got here in order not to let the question > there remain without useful answer. > > -- > David Kastrup >
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