Ask a question when a written answer would finish it. It stays on the site, gets upvotes, and the next person with the same problem finds it.
Open a request when you need someone's time: a review, a walkthrough, a mock interview, a call. People offer, you pick one, and the two of you talk.
Getting an answer
- Put the actual question in the title.
- Say what you tried and what happened.
- Paste the error, not a description of the error.
- Mark the answer that solved it. It is how the person who helped gets credit, and how readers know which one worked.