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Re:“New home page seems like Stack Overflow doesn't allow fr... by asark on Sunday June 30, 2019 @02:52PM (#20319764)
> I spoke with a room full of about 80 new developers at a code academy recently and asked how many of them used it. There weren't more than 2 or 3 hands.

I've been a developer for 10+ years and won't use it. I tried it on a whim a couple years ago and my GitHub wasn't cool enough for them so they told me "thanks but no thanks" so I've never looked again, and probably never will (my Github remains uncool, with no sign of that ever changing).

I bounced off SO itself for similar reasons, and my lack of participation there probably contributed to their rejecting me. Sign up, find question, have useful comment to make (no good for a full answer, but great clarifying comment on another) get told "sorry you can only post questions and full answers and nothing else until you've spent tons of time giving us free content" and was like "LOL OK [logout]".

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Re:“New home page seems like Stack Overflow doesn't allow fr... by dorgo on Sunday June 30, 2019 @04:11PM (#20320228)
Got new email at work and am starting with reputation 1 at SO. Can't comment anymore. This is hostile and I don't want to write answers any more. They have a lot other privileges which I never cared for. But commenting should not be a privilege.

Let's see what comes first: rep 50 or the next new email.

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Re:“New home page seems like Stack Overflow doesn't allow fr... by pintxo on Sunday June 30, 2019 @05:07PM (#20320519)
Always curious: why are you using a company email instead of a private email for SO? Using company email for something potentially interesting privately or just a potential long-time investment is something I still fail to understand.
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Re:“New home page seems like Stack Overflow doesn't allow fr... by dorgo on Monday July 01, 2019 @02:46AM (#20322994)
I keep private and work stuff separated. I have a private SO account as well.
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Re:“New home page seems like Stack Overflow doesn't allow fr... by pintxo on Monday July 01, 2019 @05:42AM (#20323797)
That makes sense, thanks for answering.
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Re:“New home page seems like Stack Overflow doesn't allow fr... by manigandham on Sunday June 30, 2019 @07:07PM (#20321151)
You can add new emails or change the email of your existing account.
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Re:“New home page seems like Stack Overflow doesn't allow fr... by heartbreak on Sunday June 30, 2019 @05:29PM (#20320646)
You can link your SO account to more than one email.
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Re:“New home page seems like Stack Overflow doesn't allow fr... by dredmorbius on Sunday June 30, 2019 @11:47PM (#20322324)
When I explored this a year or two back, you couldn't remove an email.

Given demain transfers, this would be a straight-up security hole miles wide.

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Re:“New home page seems like Stack Overflow doesn't allow fr... by shagie on Monday July 01, 2019 @02:21PM (#20328194)
It is possible to remove an email address used for authentication now.
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