I used to use this all the time. They must not get too many serious questions. I think out of 15 or 20 that I asked about 11 were answered.
What has always bothered me, is when the person that answers you somehow contorts the question into being about whatever they want to talk about since there is no way to follow up short of emailing them directly.
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