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Deleted my account many years ago when it became clear that I was the product.

• linker3000 1y ago
  I used to be a major contributor on Superuser then one day the SO team had a competition to ship a reasonably decent spare graphics card to the most worthy requestor, based on a community vote. I won in behalf of my young son, whose graphics card had just expired, but when the SO folks noticed I was in the UK, they decided shipping the card to me was too much effort and didn't send it. That's when I decided my knowledge and free input would be better appreciated elsewhere and I quit. That was perhaps 12-ish years ago and I think I've been back a handful of times just out of curiosity.
  • 7bit 1y ago
    Wow.
  • kyleee 1y ago
    Were they actually prohibited for some reason from shipping to UK? I’d like to hear their side but how they handled it does seem dumb
    • linker3000 1y ago
      Edited. No, Jeff just changed his mind and decided that sending a card abroad was problematic. Found it: https://meta.superuser.com/questions/3720/three-free-video-cards-for-valued-community-memberstm https://meta.superuser.com/questions/3720/three-free-video-c...
      • kyleee 1y ago
        Pretty silly. I doubt it was an insurmountable problem to get a video card through UK customs