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| Jan 17, 2021 at 8:31 | comment | added | Francesco Polizzi | I would add (by repeated personal experience) that obtaining a good answer is sometimes the result of a dialectic process. You obtain a first answer, and maybe it is not what you were really looking for; then you make a comment, the answerer replies and there is the possibility that, after a few steps, you obtain what you need. In the case under consideration there is an answer with 5 upvotes, that the OP considers nevertheless "shallow and missing the point of the question" (without providing details). Perhaps making a comment under the answer could have led to a more satisfactory outcome. | |
| Jan 16, 2021 at 23:10 | comment | added | Igor Khavkine | For instance, how did your initial perception (from that question) weigh these two extremes? (-) Your question is not "interesting," here's an answer to an "interesting" question you should have asked. (+) I don't know the answer to your question, but it's interesting enough for me give some feedback; here's my best guess at some information that might be relevant. What could have made your initial perception more positive? My own weighing, as an experienced MO user, would be 10%(-) 90%(+) or better. Others should feel free to share their perception, to get at least some anecdotal data. | |
| Jan 16, 2021 at 23:02 | comment | added | Igor Khavkine | @Buzz, Thank you for sharing your experience. I think it is valuable to enrich the current discussion with concrete examples, like yours. Obviously, your perception of the feedback from MO (say on the regularization question) would be different from that of an experience and somewhat successful user (like those commenting here, myself included). Perhaps it is worth nailing down that difference. Any open ended question may attract answers and comments that don't go in the direction intended by the OP. But the same feedback may be perceived differently. ... | |
| Jan 15, 2021 at 18:01 | comment | added | Harry Gindi | Also, Buzz didn't accept the answer or follow up to clarify why it didn't answer his question. I think as with most things, the more you put into MO, the more you'll get out of it. | |
| Jan 15, 2021 at 17:59 | vote | accept | Harry Gindi | ||
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| Jan 15, 2021 at 7:21 | comment | added | Francesco Polizzi | @DavidRoberts: If it is this one, it has two upvotes, an answer with three upvotes and there are also a constructive comment. I honestly fail to see how this reaction can be considered "disheartening", unless the OP's definition of "disheartening" is "failing to provide the answer I was hoping for". | |
| Jan 15, 2021 at 7:18 | comment | added | David Roberts Mod | @FrancescoPolizzi my guess is this one: mathoverflow.net/questions/379474/… (the other question asked by Buzz and still visible has no answer, currently) | |
| Jan 15, 2021 at 6:12 | comment | added | Francesco Polizzi | Where is the question you are talking about in the last part of your answer? Did you delete it? | |
| Jan 15, 2021 at 5:59 | comment | added | Martin Sleziak | Somewhat similar observation was made also in some older posts: applied math being underrepresented, biased a more towards pure math: What areas/aspects of mathematics are underrepresented on MO? and arXiv vs MathOverflow - popularity of disciplines. | |
| Jan 15, 2021 at 0:38 | history | answered | Buzz | CC BY-SA 4.0 |