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Hm, I just checked the user page for an "Uncle Bob." It looks like he had 6 accepted answers out of a total of 10. On all but one of the accepted answers a lot

Hm, I just checked the user page for an "Uncle Bob." It looks like he had 6 accepted answers out of a total of 10. On all but one of the accepted answers a lot of the comments are simply kudos. Plus on most of his non-accepted answers, he has comments thanking him for his answer. If I had judged StackOverflow by this user page alone, I would probably would have been persuaded to use StackOverflow. :) Where's the "tail between his legs" post you are referring to? https://stackoverflow.com/users/73476/uncle-bob https://stackoverflow.com/users/73476/uncle-bob

zabzonk 6y ago
> Where's the "tail between his legs" post you are referring to? I didn't mention a post. He came to stack overflow, posted a few answers for which he obviously expected instance acceptance, and then, once he realised that no-one particularly wanted anything to do with him, immediately disappeared.
- jancsika 6y ago
  I don't find evidence for the claim that he expected instant acceptance for any of the posts he made. What's your evidence for that claim? I also don't find evidence that "no-one particularly wanted anything to do with him." Especially given that the majority of his answers were the accepted answer, why do you claim this? Finally, what's the relevance of him "immediately" ceasing his posts? Users of crowd-sourced services have all kinds of usage patterns for all kinds of reasons. Frankly, I find fatuous to notice a sudden lack of use and jump to the conclusion that it must be due to the user having been humiliated or shamed (which is what "tail between legs" refers to).
rovolo 6y ago
I'm guessing they're referring to the fact that he only answered questions from March to October 2009. That's a short time, but we shouldn't really expect people to donate time answering questions on SO either.
- Jtsummers 6y ago
  TBF, I think a lot of us joined it in the early days, contributed a bit, found it not to our liking or that it wasn't where we wanted to spend a lot of time for some reason, and moved on. Someone moving on after a few, apparently, positive encounters doesn't really indicate anything other than that they moved on.

zabzonk 6y ago

> Where's the "tail between his legs" post you are referring to? I didn't mention a post. He came to stack overflow, posted a few answers for which he obviously expected instance acceptance, and then, once he realised that no-one particularly wanted anything to do with him, immediately disappeared.

jancsika 6y ago
I don't find evidence for the claim that he expected instant acceptance for any of the posts he made. What's your evidence for that claim? I also don't find evidence that "no-one particularly wanted anything to do with him." Especially given that the majority of his answers were the accepted answer, why do you claim this? Finally, what's the relevance of him "immediately" ceasing his posts? Users of crowd-sourced services have all kinds of usage patterns for all kinds of reasons. Frankly, I find fatuous to notice a sudden lack of use and jump to the conclusion that it must be due to the user having been humiliated or shamed (which is what "tail between legs" refers to).

rovolo 6y ago

I'm guessing they're referring to the fact that he only answered questions from March to October 2009. That's a short time, but we shouldn't really expect people to donate time answering questions on SO either.

Jtsummers 6y ago
TBF, I think a lot of us joined it in the early days, contributed a bit, found it not to our liking or that it wasn't where we wanted to spend a lot of time for some reason, and moved on. Someone moving on after a few, apparently, positive encounters doesn't really indicate anything other than that they moved on.