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> Why bother answering? StackOverflow needs overhaul Yet it's hard for me to find a single decent question that hasn't been answered any time I'm on StackOverf
by hombre_fatal 6y ago
> Why bother answering? StackOverflow needs overhaul
Yet it's hard for me to find a single decent question that hasn't been answered any time I'm on StackOverflow looking to procrastinate by something work-adjacent.
It's clearly working and it's been working for years. In fact, it's even harder to get karma now. I don't know how I got to answer so many questions back when I used it 6 or so years ago because now any of those questions I answered would've been answered in minutes like they are now.
- jononor 6y agoI think the key is to focus on fringe/niche questions. Of course this wont make you a lot of karma, since relatively few people search for fringe things. But at Internet scale, that can still be a considerable amount of people reached over time. And writing good written answers is usually good for ones learning as well.