Question

New Feature Request: User Options For Question Submission Help

Answer 1

@Ultrilliam When a user goes to submit their question, there should be two buttons available: one button should say Guidance, the other button should say Explanation. If a user chooses "Guidance" this means the helper will be expected to guide the user through the problem step by step. If the user chooses "Explanation" this means the user will be expected to provide a complete explanation of how to solve the problem from start to finish. We can create a project to work on demonstrating examples of each. This is important because this will allow the user to tell us what they expect from us regarding how they wish to be helped and it will allow the helper to understand what the user expects from them. This is a win-win situation that should also reduce direct answers because on a psychological level the helper now knows the user either wants guidance or explanations and not just an answer.

Furthermore, there should be something after the questions are submitted to let the helper know that the asker wants either guidance or explanation Something near the top that says "Guidance Requested" or "Explanation Requested". This particular feature could also be represented by color code but the color code should only be supplemental to the explicit written request.