The example was just that.. an example.  And a short one at that.  It was intended to be illustrative, and not a definitive overview of the problem.<p>In short, the answer you give doesn&#x27;t matter.  What matters is the attitude of the questioner, as shown by AndrewUnmuted, below.<p>A good questioner can say &quot;That&#x27;s not a good response.  I&#x27;m trying to do X because of Y and need help with Z.&quot;<p>A bad questioner says &quot;How dare you question me.  Give me an answer now!&quot;<p>I have 17 years of experience in running an open source project.  My conclusion is that the content and&#x2F;or the tone of my answers are less relevant than the attitude of the questioner.<p>People who want to solve a problem don&#x27;t pay attention to the emotional content of an answer.  They keep pushing for a solution, no matter how much they dislike the questioner.<p>People who have an attitude see personal insults in technical responses.  An answer of &quot;Your question is answered at URL X&quot; is an <i>offensive response</i> which is intended to personally denigrate the questioner, and insult his intelligence.  The only proper response for such a questioner is to insult someone back.<p>As I said below, the only real solution to such people is to inform them to be polite, and then to ban them.  They are toxic.