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For questions specifically about the process of asking questions on a Stack Exchange site.

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Can (and should) more be done to encourage users to search first and ask only if they don't ...

I got hammered for asking a duplicate question: an introduction to the less pleasant side of SO. But it never even occurred to me to perform a search first. I wonder if it's a design issue? Looking …
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