Any suggestions to change the first sentence? Personally I don't think the removed text provides any more friendless/reassurance though.

I feel like it's a little short to merit a bot response—this wouldn't be hard to type out manually and skip the whole impersonal aspect. The sentence + some examples I think would strike a balance, and can strip some lines to make the overall thing shorter. Maybe:

Instead of asking to ask, ask your question instead.

Bad: "hey can anyone help me?"	
Bad: "anyone good with redux?"
Good: 
> I'm trying to fire a redux action from my component, but it's not getting to the reducer.
> \`\`\`js
> // snippet of code
> \`\`\`
> I'm seeing an error, but I don't know if it's related.
> \`Uncaught TypeError: undefined is not a function\`

This^ looks like it's 3 lines shorter than the current version and the example question is actually a decent representation

I added the example, but I still think this line is important as it explains why this is suggested:

People can help you better if they know your question.

Sounds good to me!