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Re:A single person answered 76k questions about SQL on Stack... by rendall on Friday September 24, 2021 @02:36PM (#28646196)
Yeah, see that's frustrating. The point isn't his answer. The point is that his non-answer got him upvotes from his fans, and that when I tried to address this broken reputation system in meta, people aggressively missed the point exactly like you did.
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Re:A single person answered 76k questions about SQL on Stack... by matsemann on Friday September 24, 2021 @04:56PM (#28647708)
If no one understands what you mean, might the problem lie elsewhere?
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Re:A single person answered 76k questions about SQL on Stack... by edgarvaldes on Friday September 24, 2021 @10:45PM (#28650020)
But at least some people did understand his point. I did, for example.
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Re:A single person answered 76k questions about SQL on Stack... by matsemann on Saturday September 25, 2021 @11:02AM (#28653702)
It's just weird how often a discussion on something on SO ends up with someone complaining about overzealous downvoting or closing of their perfectly reasonable question, but no one can ever actually post a link to it.

To me that says they're not telling the whole truth about their own behavior.

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Re:A single person answered 76k questions about SQL on Stack... by rendall on Sunday September 26, 2021 @06:54AM (#28659856)
Given there could be any number of reasons that strangers on the internet do not supply to you that which you demand, especially given the down-votey tone you demand it; it is instructive that you narrow in on the least charitable.

I quit SO in 2014, and asked Stack Exchange to delete all data from my accounts across their properties. I doubt any link exists.

You are free to disbelieve. You are free.

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Re:A single person answered 76k questions about SQL on Stack... by tonyedgecombe on Saturday September 25, 2021 @02:47PM (#28655269)
Or they don't want to reveal their identity on HN.
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Re:A single person answered 76k questions about SQL on Stack... by rendall on Sunday September 26, 2021 @06:59AM (#28659887)
I'm pretty open about my ID on HN, but that could be one of the many reasons this fellow does not get that which he demands from others.
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