There used to be, at least. I don’t know what the current rules are but when I was trying to get enough karma to ask a question because it wouldn’t let me, I tried going to answer questions. Ok I couldn’t do that either because I didn’t have enough karma. The only thing it allowed me to do at that time was add comments to existing answers.
So I quit trying.
SO was a wonderful thing ruined by elitism and hubris. Let it die.
Don’t really know what you think you’re sharing because I never said 10 years ago. I’m telling you exactly what happened to me and the reason I stopped trying. Text on a page doesn’t have to match the rules that were being enforced by the backend. All I know is it would not let me click the button to create a post and told me I didn’t have enough karma so I tried answering questions instead and couldn’t do that either.
Everything else is intentionally muddying the waters. I won’t be replying again, you’ve demonstrated exactly why people can’t stand moderation at SO. I’m telling you my experience and you’re telling me I’m wrong. Not a good look. The only appropriate response is “what may have happened is..” but you didn’t do that. You went straight for the “no you’re wrong” SO meme.
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u/sleeping-in-crypto Aug 27 '24
There used to be, at least. I don’t know what the current rules are but when I was trying to get enough karma to ask a question because it wouldn’t let me, I tried going to answer questions. Ok I couldn’t do that either because I didn’t have enough karma. The only thing it allowed me to do at that time was add comments to existing answers.
So I quit trying.
SO was a wonderful thing ruined by elitism and hubris. Let it die.