#Results
I posted the question at what (according to site analytics and my own experience) is the slowest time in WB, in terms of page views as well as activity. Though not especially slow as far as weekends typically get.
Even so, the question got 2 upvotes within 15 minutes of being posted, before I revealed this meta post. And my questions are not automatically well-received just because it’s me. So, I must conclude that the lesson is sound.
review
After a few days, I see that there was still no criticism concerning the question being too broad, unclear what is being asked, primarily opinion based, or too story based, which are the main reasons Questions are closed. Nobody flagged it for closing, for any reason.
On the other hand, the voting was strange. It is a fairly even split of upvotes to downvotes. As I write this, it’s +14/−8, but for the first day or two after posting the total stayed around +2, with new votes evenly split. So, people apparently don’t like the question. I assume this has to do with the subject of the question, not the quality of the writing. The comments indicate that some people found the premise unbelievable or supposed it was a bad question for being unanswerable.
This is a good example of why you should not dismiss a question that you think has no solution! Will’s answer is well worth having asked the question.
