I tried to engage with SO when I first started programming about 8 years ago, but I think I said something someone didn't like or that wasn't technically allowe

I tried to engage with SO when I first started programming about 8 years ago, but I think I said something someone didn't like or that wasn't technically allowed by their rules or something. I think they wanted me to ask a bunch of my own questions to get up my points. I didn't have any questions to ask. I gave up on it. Over the last 8 years I've used answers on SO many times, as I've been directed there by Google. There have been MANY times I could have provided a much better answer or clarification than any others, but I don't because as far as I'm aware, SO still won't let me. I don't really care since it doesn't affect me, but I do like to help out others when I can. SO's loss really.