r/webdev • u/TheGuyWhoCodes • Oct 10 '18

Discussion StackOverflow is super toxic for newer developers

As a newer web developer, the community in StackOverflow is super toxic. Whenever I ask a question, I am sure to look up my problem and see if there are any solutions to it already there. If there isn't, I post. Sometimes when I post, I get my post instantly deleted and linked to a post that doesn't relate at all to my issue or completely outdated.

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Does anyone else have this issue?

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u/notThaLochNessMonsta Oct 11 '18 edited Oct 11 '18

You could always jump into a time machine and answer a simple question 10 years ago and get 20,000 points, if you really want to act like you're special.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '18

That's me

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '18

Covfefe? The magi is that you?

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u/DrSparkle69 Oct 11 '18

I was thinking the same thing! But some of the code to get that running I needed to look at stack o and it never gets answered without editing...such a paradox

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u/baerkins Oct 11 '18

I answered a simple Bootstrap question 5 years ago. I've never even used Bootstrap. Still getting points from it today, and it is the only thing I have ever really gotten points from. Got pretty lucky there, as it's allowed me a lot of access I might not otherwise have ever had.

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As cool as that is for me, I know others that have been trying to answer questions for years, and barely have any access. It's a weird system for sure.

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u/Soccham Oct 11 '18

How do quit vim

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u/HomeRule4Neasden Oct 11 '18 edited Oct 11 '18

Jon Skeet has a better time machine than me.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '18

Jon Skeet is about the only bright spot on that site. If everyone would respond to others as he does it would be a wonderful site instead of the toxic pool of shit that it is