Last time this subject came up on Hacker News here, I was inspired to post an idea I came up with after mulling the issue over a bit: mentors. I posted the idea

Last time this subject came up on Hacker News here, I was inspired to post an idea I came up with after mulling the issue over a bit: mentors. I posted the idea on Meta here: https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/365720/feature-request-mentors https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/365720/feature-requ... Turned out somebody posted the almost exact same idea here almost 3 years earlier: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/254205/opt-in-mentor-privilege-at-7-5k https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/254205/opt-in-mento... And StackOverflow even did an experiment with a different implementation last year: https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/365720/feature-request-mentors?noredirect=1#comment572064_365720 https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/365720/feature-requ... But while there definitely seems to be a movement afoot to tackle the issue, I can see why you're ready to give up. Look at the comments to my question and you'll find this (with a couple upvotes): @klenwell 'users who downvote without comment or explanation other new users who have given some obvious attention to the composition of their question' I hear these things often. I don't see them when using SO, nor have I seen any evidence that such a set of users exists, and I have asked for such evidence, many, many times. None has ever been forthcoming. I have concluded that such users do not actually exist. This after I provided a detailed personal account of this dynamic in action. I mean I guess I could start collecting timestamped screenshots or request the server logs from the Stack Overflow sysadmins. For now, I guess I'll just join the chorus of the disaffected here.