# Better "Format your code" canned replies?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-format-your-code-canned-replies/67867>\
**Category:** Community Building\
**Created:** [11. August 2017 um 13:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-format-your-code-canned-replies/67867 "2017-08-11T13:08:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sujan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sujan/32/70979_2.png) [@Sujan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sujan)\
**Post date:** [15. August 2017 um 12:16 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-format-your-code-canned-replies/67867/7 "2017-08-15T12:16:08Z")

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Thanks @HAWK.

Having a better canned reply was my goal, that is why I created this topic here. And switching over the language will probably work, because of the reasons @HAWK mentined - what she writes just makes sense (and I expect her argument to be based on lot of experience or on some research I am now too lazy to look up myself).

But: I think the “help vampires” analogy is spot on.  
(Although I vigorously disagree that this is a male phenomenon.)

The community I am talking about definitely is not a “healthy community”, “mutual respect” is not the rule. I am just a person wanting to give back to the software (and parts of the community) in question a bit and learn about while doing it, so it literally is not “my job”.

But the conclusion that using a bit psychology can help me achieve this goals, is still great.

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