I have had the same experience with programming SO. Anything you ask no matter how specific, novel, and well researched and written just gets insta-downvoted. A

I have had the same experience with programming SO. Anything you ask no matter how specific, novel, and well researched and written just gets insta-downvoted. And there are people who dont seem to know anything about your question's topic just spamming useless answers all day. I posted a question on physics SO recently though.. and it wasnt a good question. It was a complete noob question, but the thread it spawned was amazing, and my question was answered incredibly satisfactorily in multiple ways.. I even gained karma by asking the question. The difference is shocking.