A longtime user said that my answer was inappropriate. SN74LS93N is not counting as expected Please help me understand why it is inappropriate. I have been an active user for a year now, and I thought that I understood this site.
At the time that I answered the OP had not posted a schematic, however a video indicated two potential issues. I pointed out these two issues in my answer. The OP made the corrections that I recommended and the problem was solved.
I think the other user have been mistaken by the fact that it is so unlikely that somebody actually bothers to watch a video linked to a question that just consists of four sentences, that he couldn't imagine that your answer was anything else but a sarcastic joke based on random thoughts.
I can somewhat understand the logic he followed.
But the fact is: you didn't really make any mistakes. If anything, you may have been a little over-zealous, but I wouldn't blame you for that.
The only real mistake that was made was from the original poster. His question didn't contain all relevant material in its body, and was not up to standards. The schematic was clearly missing. Had the question been written properly, there wouldn't have been any misunderstanding.
Just forget about it. One user complaining in the comments is nothing. The virtual internet points doesn't mean the person is always right.
SE has a culture problem, which is exacerbated by a voting system that doesn't reward the actual best answer, while at the same time encourages rules lawyering and gamification by high-rep users and mods.
The worst thing is, SE widely viewed as unwelcoming to new users, many of whom post what seem to be trainwreck questions, but in reality with a bit of work can morph into nuggets of teachable moments. Some of my highest-scoring answers have started with questions like that.
See, nobody wants to get yelled at when they're asking a question. This seems to be endemic across many the SE sites, including EE.
I'm making it my mission, for now, to push back on this latter issue, at least until I grow bored again or SE collapses under its own weight. The opportunity to help askers is worth it, even if the rules lawyers don't like it.
More about this here: https://dev.to/codemouse92/has-stackoverflow-become-an-antipattern-3icb
I'd just let criticism roll off your back like water off of a duck (I try and do that with some success, not always).
I do think people are a little trigger happy on the downvoting, but that comes with the space at SE, can't make everyone happy. Sometimes people just hate you for no reason or stupid reasons, that doesn't stop me from posting.
I think the answer is good.
