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Happened to me several times to find my own answer/question on SE, or one of my work colleague's. However, even more often I find answers that I upvoted in the
by jakub_g 11y ago
Happened to me several times to find my own answer/question on SE, or one of my work colleague's.
However, even more often I find answers that I upvoted in the past (sometimes I deliberately look for them, sometimes by accident). When I see an upvote from myself, I can be sure I can immediately use the answer because I already verified it in the past. SO is like a big, googleable, writable public wiki for me, with annotations.
It amazes me that many colleagues do not have an account, or have an account but never write or upvote anything.
- mooreds 11y ago> It amazes me that many colleagues do not have an account, or have an account but never write or upvote anything. The free rider problem is real, that's for sure.
- eru 11y agoIn order to upvote on SO, you need both an account and enough karma on the account. The SO people have done a great job of not requiring accounts. You can even start asking and answering questions without an account, if memory serves right. That lots of your coworkers get by without an account is a feature of SO!