Ask HN: Why are people afraid to answer a Stack Overflow question?

Re:Ask HN: Why are people afraid to answer a Stack Overflow ... by chromano on Tuesday August 25, 2015 @01:07PM (#10117942)

You can't down vote a comment, that might be a reason.

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Re:Ask HN: Why are people afraid to answer a Stack Overflow ... by hgezim on Tuesday August 25, 2015 @01:11PM (#10117988)

Are upvotes in a comment worth the same as upvotes of an answer?!

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Re:Ask HN: Why are people afraid to answer a Stack Overflow ... by chromano on Tuesday August 25, 2015 @01:21PM (#10118074)

It seems like it is worth nothing but a badge, as documented here: http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/17364/how-does-comme...

    "No reputation of any kind is earned or lost from comment votes, though the Commentator badge is awarded for leaving 10 comments, and the Pundit badge is awarded to those who left 10 comments, each with a score of 5 or more."

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Re:Ask HN: Why are people afraid to answer a Stack Overflow ... by viraptor on Tuesday August 25, 2015 @01:20PM (#10118055)

Upvotes show up on the side of the comment, but you don't get any rep for it.

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Re:Ask HN: Why are people afraid to answer a Stack Overflow ... by hgezim on Tuesday August 25, 2015 @01:24PM (#10118097)

Ah, ok. There is very little incentive to commenting. Are people that afraid of criticism on SO when there is no upside to commenting?!

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