I have never had this experience though. It does appear to be incredibly unfriendly to a lot of people, but honestly when I look at some of the questions that

I have never had this experience though. It does appear to be incredibly unfriendly to a lot of people, but honestly when I look at some of the questions that get downvoted, it seems that a lot of the questions that do get downvoted are "help me, I've done no research!" That said, it's pretty hard to get a good answer on the site these days. And, as a volunteer, most of the questions on the site, I don't have the inclination to answer. Most of the rest I don't have the requisite skills to answer. Which ends up meaning that I don't spend much time answering questions anymore either.