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10 votes

Is this query really "crap"?

As the others have pointed out, "crap question" is an accepted term in the StackExchange world. Beyond that, SF - like the other SE sites - is a community and has some community norms, including a …
Ward - Trying Codidact's user avatar
7 votes

How can I improve this question?

It's hard to tell how many servers you're talking about and how they're used: how many is "lots" of backup servers what do you mean by "slower unstable-online" ? what does "unlikely unavailable" mea …
Ward - Trying Codidact's user avatar
8 votes

Edit or post new meta question if again I need help for the same specific question?

There's a limit to how much help you're likely to get to improve a questiion. Your initial question here on meta was a good idea - your HAProxy question on the main site wasn't well received, so ask …
Ward - Trying Codidact's user avatar
3 votes

Why a "Wow! That solved the problem!" answer gets down voted

I don't agree with your premise that the way people vote here vs. other SE sites is different (worse) than other sites. First of all, downvoting without a comment is totally fine on all SE sites. It' …
Ward - Trying Codidact's user avatar
6 votes

Why was my question considered not acceptable for Server Fault?

Or, the TL;DR version: Your question was closed for being a shopping question: a request for "Product, service, or learning material recommendations." That type of question is routinely closed on …
Ward - Trying Codidact's user avatar
3 votes

"Unclear what you're asking" - Is it?

One of the reviewers who voted to close has often seemed (to me) to be something of a robo-reviewer, so I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for an explanation from them. It has a couple of "leave ope …
Ward - Trying Codidact's user avatar
5 votes

VirtualBox question

I'm sympathetic to VBox questions - we use it in a production environment. There have been multiple discussions here about whether VBox should be used in production and although I think the many comm …
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10 votes

Why is the Server Fault community so unfriendly?

One thing that you - and everyone else who complains about downvotes - need to keep in mind is that the main purpose of votes is not to give feedback to the person who wrote the post. The main purpos …
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