I forgot a bit about purpose 2, good point.<p>&quot;And this whole notion of making someone &quot;struggle a bit&quot; is entirely misplaced when you keep purpose (2) in mind.&quot;<p>I didn&#x27;t mean it that way. Struggling a bit also implies Googling an answer or looking things up on StackOverflow, it&#x27;s part of the struggle before you ask someone (online or IRL). Specifically, querying Google, querying SO and typing in the question on SO and then clicking on the suggestions first are all part of the struggle since you haven&#x27;t asked a person yet.<p>&quot;Compare this to spending 15min to write a precisely-worded question (but without &quot;steps you&#x27;ve tried&quot;), and an expert spending 15min to write up an answer. &quot;<p>When I think about it, a precisely worded question implicitly shows the struggle. Implicitly showing it is more effective than telling a whole story about it.