@b0rk the previous solutions failed because they solved what the developer wanted to solve instead of what the user asked
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Replying to @snoble1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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Replying to @avibryant
@avibryant@snoble maybe depends on why you're asking WAYRTTD -- "so I can help you get it done" vs "so I can tell you you're wrong"2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @b0rk
@avibryant@snoble I feel like I see a lot of "lol no what why do you want to do that?! that's dumb." from developers2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @b0rk
@b0rk@avibryant@snoble it often feels like WAYRTTD has a subtext of "ah, you're confused".1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @collision
@collision@b0rk@snoble yet sometimes you can be much more helpful if you understand the underlying goal. How do you politely ask for that?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @avibryant
@avibryant@collision@b0rk put as much thought into your response as was asked in the question...2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @snoble
@snoble@collision@b0rk so what you're saying is don't literally respond with the letters "WAYRTTD", but start the equivalent dialog?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @avibryant
@avibryant@snoble@collision@b0rk I think a sincere WAYRTTD is way better than the common, "What you really want ..."1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @peterseibel
@peterseibel@avibryant@collision@b0rk unfortunately in both cases I'm left wondering in you actually read the question2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@snoble @peterseibel @collision @b0rk it's just root cause analysis. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_Whys
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