If you asked the question properly and they still gave you more grief than help, then it's their fault for sure.

Without knowing the context - that's key both questions, the one you asked then and the one you're asking now - we can't be sure what happened. And I'm not going to jump to conclusions about how much context you started with in your actual question because that is no help to you.

I say point us to the question -- and accept we're going to answer honestly.