My old way of asking for help online was just yelling into the void

I used to just post a question like 'how do I fix this' on random forums with zero details and get mad when no one answered. Then last month I was trying to fix my old lawnmower and spent three hours getting nowhere. I finally made a post here with the model number, a picture of the carburetor, and exactly what I'd already tried. Someone from Ohio gave me the right answer in like 20 minutes. It was a tiny gasket I missed. Now I always give way more info upfront. What's the best detail you've ever included that got you a perfect answer?

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nathanb712mo ago

What about including the exact error code you got?

wood.zara2mo ago

Is the error code even that important though? Like sometimes it's just a random glitch lol

victor_butler1d ago

so my buddy mark was trying to install some mod for skyrim and it kept crashing. he spent like an hour trying to figure it out, then finally just screenshotted the exact error code and posted it on reddit. turns out it was a missing dll file that he could have fixed in 5 minutes if he had the code right away. he was so mad at himself for not checking it sooner lol