Yep, I posted one question on SO and almost exactly 10 minutes later it got downvoted for being "not enough code to compile" or somesuch. Not really a warm welcome -- I have a pretty thick skin but was seriously considering just deleting the account.

Turns out there was exactly enough code to get a working answer (which I knew from the beginning when I chose what code to include), the problem was simply a matter of (undocumented) lib changes which were pretty obvious. I still don't understand why someone who had no idea what the problem was decided to downvote instead of just leaving it for someone more knowledgeable to deal with.

Now if I were a sensitive individual I can see how this could be construed as "not welcoming to &whatever_group_I_identify_with".