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Do we need PH community guidelines?

Bogomil Shopov - Бого
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I spend a good amount of time helping (and maybe sometimes trolling :)) in this community and I think we need some kind of guidelines to help us grow. What do you think? What are your top 1-3 things that make you never come back here, so we can change it as a community? There is my list: 1. Search before post - for work-life balance there are at least 7 threads with similar content and for the year eng goals even more. Search the community before post something. 2. Write a good topic - I see topics similar to "A question" or "Twitter?" 3. Add more context to your question - sometimes I see topics like "what do you think about the developer productivity" and then no description. I really don't have time to guess what you are trying to solve. Important: I realize the bages and the points are something you really like, but just adding another topic that was just discusses it's not helping. I do believe that this "habit" building system ditroys the community and generates useless content. Your turn!

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Wiktoria Jaszcza
"Add more context to your question" Yes, in some cases it would be good.
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There's definitely an increasing trend of people posting without any context whatsoever - sometimes with questions to directly try and lead you to their product
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Hunted Space
Hunted Space
This is a great idea and is a good way to introduce new users (such as myself) to the expectations of the PH community and sets it in the right direction from the get go.
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Santeri S
Those are some really good points. I agree especially with the redundant posts one. My addition: Be excellent to each other. A little banter or friendly trolling never hurt anyone, but we should also try to actively keep it that way. Afterall we are all here to boost each other's projects.
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