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I often answer questions and wait to see if it meets the OP's requirements. Sometimes, it seems people will ask a question and not check on it until the next day.
Am I wrong to expect OPs to check on their questions when they just asked it?
Mmm... I should have left the question alone for a day or so, just for the fun of it :p
While many users will hang out after asking a question to address anything that might come up or provide clarifications (and probably get better answers because of it), many will not.
Questions on Stack Exchange are not the same as questions in chat. It's not an immediate medium. This is why there's a notification system to let you know when someone's commented on your post.
It's not unreasonable to want posters to keep tabs on everything happening with their question immediately after asking, but you'll be happier if you do what you can and don't worry about it.
There is nothing in the FAQ that states that you have to answer/comment/accept anything within a certain limit. Thus, it should be an acceptable behavior. It is probably prune to kick back on the OP as the questions attract more attention when it's newly asked.
Also consider that this may not be intentional, many users are busy at work and may be caught up in something out of their control right after the post is made.
That said, I find this behavior it incredibly annoying too. But not much to do.
You need to consider that some people (like myself) are hobbyist programmers with jobs that don't have access to a computer. I will sometimes ask a question and then have to leave for work before there is any response.
I cerainly wouldn't want to be punished (via downvotes) because I have a life outside of SO.
I will reply to comments when I get the opportunity, but there may be a reason I don't respond immediately... have some patience.
Are you wrong to expect it, no, you can expect whatever you want. It may or may not be met (in this particular case, regardless of what you do this is something that you will run into often).
Are the wrong to do it, no. The're much less likely to get an answer to their question, and annoying people considering answering you is only making it that much less likely, but it's not like they're violating the site rules or anything. If the clarifications are there because the question itself is overload broad, vague, or in some other way unanswerable then they could be violating the rules in that regard though.
