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I got tired of the thankless task of doing other peoples' work, along with the overzealous mods shutting down my questions in the most condescending tone possib

I got tired of the thankless task of doing other peoples' work, along with the overzealous mods shutting down my questions in the most condescending tone possible. In particular, I recall going so far as to read vendor-specific documentation for someone, and providing example code to parse the binary data in question. It was probably an hour of my work and I didn't even get a 'thank you', much less any reputation bump. Talk about devaluing yourself and your industry... (incidentally, I don't know exactly how much rep I have, since the myopenid login I was using just stopped working one day. No idea why, and there doesn't seem to be a mechanism for fixing it. Edit: I managed to log in again. It appears that if you log in to MyOpenID.com for account management, any subsequent attempt to log in to SO will attempt to use that account's credentials rather than the intended user account credentials, and the error results are absolutely useless)

codyrobbins 15y ago
I actually don’t use Stack Overflow as a contributor for precisely the same reason: I created my account with an OpenID, the provider is no longer around, and now I can’t log in nor fix it.
- aalear 15y ago
  You can create a new account and ask for the accounts to be merged.
  - sanxiyn 15y ago
    Since I am in this exact situation (lost OpenID provider), can you explain how does this work? Any link to documentation?
    - obtu 15y ago
      http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/18232/how-can-one-link-merge-combine-associate-two-accounts-users-anonymous-unregist http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/18232/how-can-one-li...
- getsat 15y ago
  This poll is missing an option: I don't use SO because it required OpenID to register. I guess it supports other options now, but back in the day, that's why I never participated.
  - Gmo 15y ago
    Hey, same here :) (although I did register a few months back when seeing that they finally had alternative options). However, my reputation is at 1, several reasons to that : - I use it mostly for "consuming". Which by the way, is problematic, because I can't upvote useful answers because my reputation is only at 1 (is there a way around that ?) - I can't really spend time at work to answer questions, and, frankly, have other stuff to do at home (such as doing home projects). Besides, I guess there is always someone answering faster than you :p
cruise02 15y ago
> overzealous mods shutting down my questions in the most condescending tone possible. SO moderator here. We just click a link. The pre-defined close reasons are inserted automatically. No one is taking a tone with you.
- georgieporgie 15y ago
  We just click a link Comments. No one is taking a tone with you. Oh, the irony.
  - cruise02 15y ago
    Comments. What about them? The close message is auto-inserted so we don't have to take the time to comment. Irony, no. My tone here is a response to being called overzealous and condescending. It has nothing to do with my attitude when I'm acting as moderator on SO.
    - georgieporgie 15y ago
      I don't understand why you seem to be attempting to speak for all moderators. I don't know or care what your attitude is about moderation, I'm speaking of my own personal experience with SO moderators.
      - cruise02 15y ago
        Provide some links, please.
        georgieporgie 15y ago
        I'm not linking my online identities.
        ycedmart 15y ago
        And you don't have to. And you do not have to answer to that SO mod's request here for several people here agree with you and know you're not making this up.
bdg 15y ago
I'm not even a moderator, but if you as a bad question I vote to close it. That's how the site works. Even if you feel you put a lot of work into something doesn't mean it's a valid question to the site. Read the FAQ.
- compay 15y ago
  >> along with the overzealous mods shutting down my questions in the most condescending tone possible. > Read the FAQ. Your response seems to be a a perfect demonstration of what he's complaining about.
  - bdg 15y ago
    Help me understand what's condescending about being a normal user to the site (ie, I don't work for Stack Exchange, nor am I a moderator) and telling him to read the FAQ. Help me understand this.
    - compay 15y ago
      Ok, I'm going to assume that you actually want me to explain, and not that this is just an argument tactic you're using to try to score debate points. I hope I'm correct. The OP's complaint was presented in a reasonable tone of voice, was articulate and carefully worded. Now, it may be that he has misunderstood something about Stack Overflow, or that he's looking for something the site doesn't provide. But, the OP does not come off as an idiot or a troll. Your response to "read the FAQ" treats him as if he were a fool (the exact word you used in another reply). It was also so hastily typed, that you misspelled "ask" as "as" and you obviously cared so little about your writing, that you didn't notice this and go back to redit your comment and fix it. So to sum up: somebody posts a carefully worded, slightly angry but non-offensive complaint, and you rapidly dash off a short, typo-ridden response telling him to read the FAQ. In other replies to the same user, you put words in his mouth and beat him up like a straw man. You come off as an angry, petulant, mean-spirited and unreasonable person. In other words, condescending.
- georgieporgie 15y ago

codyrobbins 15y ago

I actually don’t use Stack Overflow as a contributor for precisely the same reason: I created my account with an OpenID, the provider is no longer around, and now I can’t log in nor fix it.

aalear 15y ago
You can create a new account and ask for the accounts to be merged.
- sanxiyn 15y ago
  Since I am in this exact situation (lost OpenID provider), can you explain how does this work? Any link to documentation?
  - obtu 15y ago
    http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/18232/how-can-one-link-merge-combine-associate-two-accounts-users-anonymous-unregist http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/18232/how-can-one-li...
getsat 15y ago
This poll is missing an option: I don't use SO because it required OpenID to register. I guess it supports other options now, but back in the day, that's why I never participated.
- Gmo 15y ago
  Hey, same here :) (although I did register a few months back when seeing that they finally had alternative options). However, my reputation is at 1, several reasons to that : - I use it mostly for "consuming". Which by the way, is problematic, because I can't upvote useful answers because my reputation is only at 1 (is there a way around that ?) - I can't really spend time at work to answer questions, and, frankly, have other stuff to do at home (such as doing home projects). Besides, I guess there is always someone answering faster than you :p

cruise02 15y ago

> overzealous mods shutting down my questions in the most condescending tone possible. SO moderator here. We just click a link. The pre-defined close reasons are inserted automatically. No one is taking a tone with you.

georgieporgie 15y ago
We just click a link Comments. No one is taking a tone with you. Oh, the irony.
- cruise02 15y ago
  Comments. What about them? The close message is auto-inserted so we don't have to take the time to comment. Irony, no. My tone here is a response to being called overzealous and condescending. It has nothing to do with my attitude when I'm acting as moderator on SO.
  - georgieporgie 15y ago
    I don't understand why you seem to be attempting to speak for all moderators. I don't know or care what your attitude is about moderation, I'm speaking of my own personal experience with SO moderators.
    - cruise02 15y ago
      Provide some links, please.
      - georgieporgie 15y ago
        I'm not linking my online identities.
        ycedmart 15y ago
        And you don't have to. And you do not have to answer to that SO mod's request here for several people here agree with you and know you're not making this up.

bdg 15y ago

I'm not even a moderator, but if you as a bad question I vote to close it. That's how the site works. Even if you feel you put a lot of work into something doesn't mean it's a valid question to the site. Read the FAQ.

compay 15y ago
>> along with the overzealous mods shutting down my questions in the most condescending tone possible. > Read the FAQ. Your response seems to be a a perfect demonstration of what he's complaining about.
- bdg 15y ago
  Help me understand what's condescending about being a normal user to the site (ie, I don't work for Stack Exchange, nor am I a moderator) and telling him to read the FAQ. Help me understand this.
  - compay 15y ago
    Ok, I'm going to assume that you actually want me to explain, and not that this is just an argument tactic you're using to try to score debate points. I hope I'm correct. The OP's complaint was presented in a reasonable tone of voice, was articulate and carefully worded. Now, it may be that he has misunderstood something about Stack Overflow, or that he's looking for something the site doesn't provide. But, the OP does not come off as an idiot or a troll. Your response to "read the FAQ" treats him as if he were a fool (the exact word you used in another reply). It was also so hastily typed, that you misspelled "ask" as "as" and you obviously cared so little about your writing, that you didn't notice this and go back to redit your comment and fix it. So to sum up: somebody posts a carefully worded, slightly angry but non-offensive complaint, and you rapidly dash off a short, typo-ridden response telling him to read the FAQ. In other replies to the same user, you put words in his mouth and beat him up like a straw man. You come off as an angry, petulant, mean-spirited and unreasonable person. In other words, condescending.
georgieporgie 15y ago