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The most annoying part of company support forums like this, other than the total lack of response from actual company representatives, is the bootlicking simps who show up in the replies to defend the company. What kind of person does this? What possible reward do they expect for defending the user-hostile decisions of multinational billion dollar corporations?

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On the same note, what the hell is up with the cottage industry of volunteers on Microsoft’s community site who claim to be some self-assigned title?

It’s so common that I have to believe someone somewhere is selling it as a path to a job, probably in foreign countries.

It used to be a potential route to Microsoft MVP too I believe.

Dare I ask what's a Microsoft MVP?

Minimum Viable Pawn

answers.microsoft.com is an insufferable hive of scum and villainy where everyone cares about replying to your question but no one cares about answering your question. 10 times out of 10 you're better off walking outside and screaming your issue into the void then you are posting about it.

Also, microsoft.com's general propensity to hijack the back button with their login.microsoftonline.com redirects is just that annoying little cherry on top.

"sfc /scannow" sigh

I always wonder what purpose these sites serve. They often show up on search results when I'm trying to solve a problem and they're always full of non-answers. I don't even recall a single instance in which I was able to get a working solution from company community forums.

The reward is in the action itself, the feeling of elitism.

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