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So will StackOverflow reinstate my account which was banned after asking 1 question? I love the fact that such a service exists but their moderation policies a

So will StackOverflow reinstate my account which was banned after asking 1 question? I love the fact that such a service exists but their moderation policies are (were?) not the least bit friendly

gortok 13y ago
I'm a moderator on Stack Overflow ( http://stackoverflow.com/users/16587 http://stackoverflow.com/users/16587 ). If you can post on Meta ( http://meta.stackoverflow.com http://meta.stackoverflow.com ), we can take a look and let you know why you're question banned. However, I can tell you from experience that no one is post banned after one question (also, you can't see your deleted questions on your profile, which may lead you to believe you've only had one post).
- smackfu 13y ago
  I know you have good intentions, but consider that your response reads as: "I can help you. However, you are lying or incorrect."
  - gortok 13y ago
    I never claimed the OP lied; nor would I even try to imply it. I've long had issues with the policy that users can't see their own deleted questions ( http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/2645/show-all-of-my-question-answers-to-me-even-if-they-are-deleted http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/2645/show-all-of-my-... ), and I brought that up to say that I can understand if there's confusion there. No one is ever post banned for one post (it's a system imposed ban that takes into account a number of things: http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/86997/what-can-i-do-when-getting-sorry-we-are-no-longer-accepting-questions-answers http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/86997/what-can-i-do-... ). It's our fault (moderators and members of the Stack Overflow community) if there isn't clear enough feedback regarding that cycle. That was my intention. I'm sorry. I'll try to communicate more clearly on this topic in the future.
    - smackfu 13y ago
      Yeah, I think it's just a natural response to being in a very strictly ruled culture like Stack Overflow. The focus falls on the details ("banned after asking 1 question") rather than the general premise ("banned unfairly"). When you point out the details don't sound right, that is absolutely correct, but that doesn't help the person, since the rules are just arbitrary from their viewpoint anyways. It's a hard problem. (And I apologize if my response came off overly harsh. I tried to soften it.)
  - dmschulman 13y ago
    Eh, I didn't feel like I was being accused of anything. I was actually incorrect since I've looked at my profile and apparently I asked two questions (and have answered none). I would fully admit to not engaging the community in the same way most devs have on SO and I understand that in order for the SO community to be successful it needs just as many people helping others as it does people asking questions. I've been on there for two years and some change and maybe I'm at fault for not scrutinizing the rules when I first joined (I belong to many forum communities so that I can seek similar assistance and help others and they tend to be very hands off moderation wise), but I think that myself, like others, seek out the community on StackOverflow to answer a one off question from time to time and maybe there should be very clear policies about this kind of interaction (or some considerations given to users who use the system in this way but find it hard to contribute because of lack of expertise or because easier questions have already been answered by others). Also if my rep could carry over from some of the other networks (ie: I might not be able to answer your Redis questions but I can sure contribute to the Wordpress network) that might help my grievance a bit. That solution does open up other problems, but you get my drift.
    - Tyr42 13y ago
      I think it does carry over in a way. Once I hit a particular amount of rep on stackoverflow, I would start out at 101 rep on any other site, with lets me comment and vote and stuff.
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So will StackOverflow reinstate my account which was banned after asking 1 question? I love the fact that such a service exists but their moderation policies are (were?) not the least bit friendly

gortok 13y ago

I'm a moderator on Stack Overflow ( http://stackoverflow.com/users/16587 http://stackoverflow.com/users/16587 ). If you can post on Meta ( http://meta.stackoverflow.com http://meta.stackoverflow.com ), we can take a look and let you know why you're question banned. However, I can tell you from experience that no one is post banned after one question (also, you can't see your deleted questions on your profile, which may lead you to believe you've only had one post).

smackfu 13y ago
I know you have good intentions, but consider that your response reads as: "I can help you. However, you are lying or incorrect."
- gortok 13y ago
  I never claimed the OP lied; nor would I even try to imply it. I've long had issues with the policy that users can't see their own deleted questions ( http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/2645/show-all-of-my-question-answers-to-me-even-if-they-are-deleted http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/2645/show-all-of-my-... ), and I brought that up to say that I can understand if there's confusion there. No one is ever post banned for one post (it's a system imposed ban that takes into account a number of things: http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/86997/what-can-i-do-when-getting-sorry-we-are-no-longer-accepting-questions-answers http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/86997/what-can-i-do-... ). It's our fault (moderators and members of the Stack Overflow community) if there isn't clear enough feedback regarding that cycle. That was my intention. I'm sorry. I'll try to communicate more clearly on this topic in the future.
  - smackfu 13y ago
    Yeah, I think it's just a natural response to being in a very strictly ruled culture like Stack Overflow. The focus falls on the details ("banned after asking 1 question") rather than the general premise ("banned unfairly"). When you point out the details don't sound right, that is absolutely correct, but that doesn't help the person, since the rules are just arbitrary from their viewpoint anyways. It's a hard problem. (And I apologize if my response came off overly harsh. I tried to soften it.)
- dmschulman 13y ago
  Eh, I didn't feel like I was being accused of anything. I was actually incorrect since I've looked at my profile and apparently I asked two questions (and have answered none). I would fully admit to not engaging the community in the same way most devs have on SO and I understand that in order for the SO community to be successful it needs just as many people helping others as it does people asking questions. I've been on there for two years and some change and maybe I'm at fault for not scrutinizing the rules when I first joined (I belong to many forum communities so that I can seek similar assistance and help others and they tend to be very hands off moderation wise), but I think that myself, like others, seek out the community on StackOverflow to answer a one off question from time to time and maybe there should be very clear policies about this kind of interaction (or some considerations given to users who use the system in this way but find it hard to contribute because of lack of expertise or because easier questions have already been answered by others). Also if my rep could carry over from some of the other networks (ie: I might not be able to answer your Redis questions but I can sure contribute to the Wordpress network) that might help my grievance a bit. That solution does open up other problems, but you get my drift.
  - Tyr42 13y ago
    I think it does carry over in a way. Once I hit a particular amount of rep on stackoverflow, I would start out at 101 rep on any other site, with lets me comment and vote and stuff.

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