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Isn't that behavior explicitly allowed on stackkexchange? Why wouldn't stackexchange want people to do that? Is it not a net positive to have someone ask and an
by ouid 6y ago
Isn't that behavior explicitly allowed on stackkexchange? Why wouldn't stackexchange want people to do that? Is it not a net positive to have someone ask and answer a question that people find useful?
- mdoms 6y agoIt's explicitly encouraged, and why not? It adds value to the website. Not sure why you'd be concerned about people trying to "game" Stack Exchange - the founders have spoken publicly at length about the intention to gamify the site. This is the exact kind of behaviour they intended for.
- foobar33333 6y agoYep, I do it semi regularly myself. If I spend a bunch of time finding the answer to something that should be easy to access knowledge, I make a question and answer it. The questions page has a specific checkbox for doing this.
- anoncake 6y agoThere is in fact a checkbox when you ask a question that lets you post the answer at the same time.
- ogre_codes 6y agoJust struck me as odd. I'd seen where people came back later and answered their own question, but never like this. Live and learn.