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A comment on 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 brudgers on Tuesday August 25, 2015 @03:55PM (#10119067)
If there's an answer to your question in the comments, type it up, make it better, and answer your own question if it will make the internet better. That's the point. The gamification is just a good way of encouraging the desired behaviors.

The goal is to help people, and nobody is going to beat Jon Skeet anyway.

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Re:Ask HN: Why are people afraid to answer a Stack Overflow ... by bbcbasic on Friday August 28, 2015 @12:34AM (#10133741)
Jon Skeet answering my first SO question in a few minutes left me with a lasting impression that SO is awesome. That must have been 7 years ago or something.
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