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No, I expect him to sit, analyze the situation and learn things instead of a hopeless "I don't know what to do"

The issue is not "Please advice me what to do", it is saying it in the spirit of someone who doesn't know how he got in the situation in the first place. For someone who builds a site like that, he should've know better.




Read his post again. He knows what is happening. He even mentions that he could block the IP address. He simply wants to know if there are better solutions.

So the problem is the way he titles the post. Sure, okay. So make that your argument. You'll sound even pettier but at least you're not fighting a strawman.


He's not really asking what to do - I'm sure he can think of 10 things. He's really asking 'what would you do'. And he's getting some awesome feedback from the community. What made you so bitter!




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