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Please don’t ask meta-questions in the chat!

A meta-question is a question about asking a question, for example:
Can I ask a question?
Anyone here who knows Python?
Is there a React expert?
Can someone help with Docker?
— “Why is this bad?”
In IT chats people help each other voluntarily. Meta-questions make everyone wait while you prepare the real question. This wastes time and reduces the quality of help. Instead, directly describe your problem: what doesn’t work, errors, code, and what you already tried.
The same applies to messages like “Hi”, “Are you here?”, “Got a minute?”. In chat this causes delays. Just ask your question.