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I had the opposite problem; I'm actually quite skilled in areas but never had enough "karma" to answer any questions so I've never ever been able to.

• suzzer99 3y ago
  Same. I got put in StackOverflow jail for posting my contribution an answer because I didn't have enough karma to post a comment on a previous answer (or maybe it was the other way around, I forget). Never mind that I was earnestly trying to help the original poster, and pointed out a legitimate mistake in one of the answers. I broke protocol and had to be punished.
• lordnacho 3y ago
  It seems like there was a time window when you could actually get upvotes, and if you missed it you'll never be able to use the site as a normal user.
  • pwdisswordfishc 3y ago
    Not quite true, though indeed getting upvotes seems not to be as easy as it once was. I still get an upvote on some of my relatively recent answers once in a couple months, although it depends on the answer. The quick way to accumulate reputation is through bounties. However, it's very much a lottery: bountied questions are often about ultra-specialised niche topics. You may need to hunt for a long time to find something you actually know something about.
• ptspts 3y ago
  On StackOverflow.com you are allowed to answer (most) questions even if your reputation is low.
• pasc1878 3y ago
  You don"t need any karma to answer any logged in thing can answer. I say thing as ChatGPT is being used to produce a load or crappy wrong answers now. Thus I don"t understand your issue. This is a XY-problem :) I know enough about the subject to know that your issue is not the actual issue as anyone can answer, if you had issues then there is something else.