Early on, I probably asked them badly, but I learned to ask them better, and the answers came much less frequently. So ask a question badly, and get an insult,

Early on, I probably asked them badly, but I learned to ask them better, and the answers came much less frequently. So ask a question badly, and get an insult, but also a useful answer. Ask a question well, and ... crickets. Lately, I usually end up answering my own question, just so there might be something for someone else to find. Incredible! This is exactly my experience. So many times, I ask a question, and either "crickets" (no replies), or some replies with zero up votes on my question. So... do they think my question isn't valuable, yet they take the time to answer it? Bizarre. In the last 2-3 years, my usage of the website has largely decayed to read-only.