You seem to be looking for a lawyer. Asking concrete legal questions on a public forum is not a substitute.
> You seem to be looking for a doctor/lawyer/teacher/statistician/psychologist/sysadmin/_____. Asking concrete _____ questions on a public forum is not a substitute.
Does that really have a positive effect, though? In my opinion, it's not a good thing for people, especially those who aren't wealthy to enough to pay every time there's something they want to learn.
They probably know that paying someone hundreds of dollars an hour is the surest way to get a good answer but lack either the ability or the will to pay it.
And getting a shit answer on an anonymous forum that is not remotely tailored to personal circumstances is an acceptable substitute ?
Especially as the answer will no doubt come from some John Doe who isn't even qualified in the topic at hand but is just regurgitating some heresy they read on the internet or heard from "a friend".
I mean, nobody here has said "I can't comment until I've seen your contract with your employer, can you email it to me ?" .
There are some things that require the services of a professional and tailoring to personal circumstances.
Sure you can go watch videos for free on YouTube that show you how to do open heart surgery, and you can probably buy medical scalpels cheaply on eBay.
But frankly I'd rather pay up and get an experienced surgeon to do it for me.
Most ailments don't require a surgeon and most people don't have access to one.
Medical advice is one of the most frustrating things to google for. Far too often, the only advice to be found is to "see a physician". This is often good advice but not everyone can and I'm pretty sure that the lack of additional advice results in people improperly treating injuries, misdiagnosing ailments more often than necessary and sometimes dying.
I don't say this out of a dislike of medicine! My mother is a doctor and spent years working in Kenya a couple of decades ago and saw many, many instances of suffering that could have been avoided with today's wireless internet and some good online medical advice.
It's not worth nerfing free online advice for the benefit of people can afford to spend on advice tailored perfectly for their own situation.