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> I spoke with a room full of about 80 new developers at a code academy recently and asked how many of them used it. There weren't more than 2 or 3 hands. I've
by asark 7y ago
> I spoke with a room full of about 80 new developers at a code academy recently and asked how many of them used it. There weren't more than 2 or 3 hands.
I've been a developer for 10+ years and won't use it. I tried it on a whim a couple years ago and my GitHub wasn't cool enough for them so they told me "thanks but no thanks" so I've never looked again, and probably never will (my Github remains uncool, with no sign of that ever changing).
I bounced off SO itself for similar reasons, and my lack of participation there probably contributed to their rejecting me. Sign up, find question, have useful comment to make (no good for a full answer, but great clarifying comment on another) get told "sorry you can only post questions and full answers and nothing else until you've spent tons of time giving us free content" and was like "LOL OK [logout]".
- dorgo 7y agoGot new email at work and am starting with reputation 1 at SO. Can't comment anymore. This is hostile and I don't want to write answers any more. They have a lot other privileges which I never cared for. But commenting should not be a privilege. Let's see what comes first: rep 50 or the next new email.
- pintxo 7y agoAlways curious: why are you using a company email instead of a private email for SO? Using company email for something potentially interesting privately or just a potential long-time investment is something I still fail to understand.
- heartbreak 7y agoYou can link your SO account to more than one email.
- dredmorbius 7y agoWhen I explored this a year or two back, you couldn't remove an email. Given demain transfers, this would be a straight-up security hole miles wide.
- shagie 7y agoIt is possible to remove an email address used for authentication now.
- manigandham 7y agoYou can add new emails or change the email of your existing account.