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Comment author: cousin_it 27 July 2015 07:02:13PM 2 points [-]

Yeah, I get that a lot. Some random suggestions:

  • Ask in a more friendly and open-ended way
  • Tailor your question to the crowd's interests and biases
  • Accept the tangents and try to spin them into other interesting conversations
  • Find a different crowd to ask
Comment author: Elo 28 July 2015 12:03:54AM 0 points [-]

Thanks!

I think I will have to expand my asky-circles (4 above)

I am concerned for 2 (above) because part of me has already done that ad infinitum. Most things I ask have gone around my head for days and then gone over in circles multiple times before completing them. I am no longer sure how to best do that.

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