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The community can be toxic - here is a link to one of my answers - in which I put a LOT of effort to answer a person who actually isn't going to be happy until you do the work for them. Then this gift to humanity comes along a year and eight months later, downvotes me because it doesn't suite what he think the asker wants (a canvas, which is one way of doing it, but not the only way and certainly not the key element in answering the question). My answer was actually just supposed to be a starting point for the asker, who needs to put some damn effort in themselves.
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There are assholes everywhere, even on SO. The infrastructure around asking and responding to the questions kinda bring out the worst in people since it's easy to feel like you're in charge and you have all these points. Which is total BS. It's all about the quality. To me anyway. There's always gonna be horror stories, but I think we can all agree that SO is a great place for learning.
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Stack Overflow. Everyone uses it but everyone seems to hate the community. I very often read about someone getting down voted and they all say the same thing - "I have no idea why".
I have spent a lot of time moderating SO posts, which gave me a lot of reputation and medals. I find it fun to help people and it feels good to give back to the community.
I have asked a bunch of questions and I've never gotten a single down vote, which leads me to believe everyone of you that is constantly getting down voted are doing something wrong. Because the posts I see getting down voted are fucking stupid questions that either lack information or contain too much information.
Example 1:
Server java error
Why is my server not working? I am using Tomcat, port 8080 and I'm getting IOException.
Example 2:
Webpack configuration not working
My webpack is not a working, why?
[entire webpack config]
End examples.
What the fuck are you expecting asking questions like these?? No one gets paid for answering your questions, so the least you can do is write a CLEAR AND UNDERSTANDABLE question. I'm not gonna tell you how to do it because there's A LOT of information on how to do it.
People devote hours and hours to helping others on SO, and of course they get fed up with the stupid and lazy questions. That community is not about being nice, it's not about making people feel welcomed, it's about QUALITY OF CONTENT. No one is crying when they find a superb question + answer, right? That's the result of a community not accepting low quality content.
So please, the next time you get a down vote on SO - do not come here whining about it but instead take a look at what you have posted there and ask yourself if it could have held a higher quality.
Thanks!
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