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How long do you want to do this challenge? This can be quite stressful and work-heavy.
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Another problem is that many easy questions were asked by people with 1 reputation. They can't even ++.
So if they don't accept my answer, I gain nothing but wasting time.
And the people who answered same question often tends to -- me.
Oh geez. This is not pit fight, I can't imagine what they could gain by knocking me down. -
@sunfishcc I strongly recommend not doing rep-farming this way. The upvotes will come over time. This is gamification at its worst.
Rather when you work through a problem write your own question and answer it yourself. Only answer questions when you really understand what they are looking for and only on your time without pushing and punishing yourself.
The answer a question a day challenge is futile also because lots of those newbie questions should be closed anyway.
And some askers are leeches. The amount of work you have to invest to make them describe the problem in a meaningful way just isn't worth it. -
@k0pernikus I don't ask question any more. If I can't Google the answer, no one gonna answer it soon anyway. Many bug I'm facing are combination of multiple issues. There's no easy fix.
For newbie questions. Yeah. You're totally right. Actually finding an answerable question is harder than answer the question itself -
@k0pernikus After listen your comment, I only leave comments to the questions which have low quality. Trying answer them without sinking with them.
I'm still on my answer one question a day mission.
With this time, to fight back with "this doesn't work", I almost create codesandbox for every answer. (Assume there's enough info)
But, my gut tells me I probably gonna loss reputation again.
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