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		meddlin on July 25, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Fall of Stack Overflow With such a stark barrier to entry, why would I spend much time on there? Also, at the beginning of my career I got much more value from "explaining articles", and much less from ultra-specific answers. Later on when I had more experience, I wanted to give back: - try to answer -> "you need cred" - okay, upvote -> "you need cred" - try to comment -> "you need cred" - Ask a question -> "Duplicate. You should RT(Free)M we built."

hans_castorp on July 25, 2023 [–]

I never understood why it's allowed to post a question (even without an account), but not allowed to add a comment.

isbvhodnvemrwvn on July 25, 2023 | [–]

Comments are not searchable and difficult to moderate. A lot of people asked follow up questions in comments.

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