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nt8eo923nt45
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nt8eo923nt45
8y ago
Oh yeah, definitely. Especially on Usenet. You'd get flamed for asking a "stupid" question. You'd get flamed for using a "stupid" technology. You'd get flamed for doing things the way you did them, even if
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nt8eo923nt45
8y ago
If I recall, there are actually a number of things you can do to get rep besides questions and answers. You can edit a post (with more than 6 characters), you can do a review, you can flag a post for moderator attention, and I think even yo
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8y ago
You can often find the people more knowledgable on a particular subject in one of the other stack exchange sites. (For example, a problem with OpenGL or Unity might be better asked on gamedev.stackexchange.com, or computergraphics.stackexch
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8y ago
I find this disingenuous. It is a very common scenario that a new user knows of some way to solve some part of their question (or just thinks they do), and assumes the best/easiest/fastest/safest/whatever answer involv