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Re:Stackoverflow Is A Difficult Community to Participate In by BrandonM on Sunday September 09, 2012 @02:57PM (#4496581)
I completely agree with the Eternal September point, or maybe it's just a problem of non-makers tearing down others instead of doing something more worthwhile.

I recently solved a tricky bug in some Java code that we eventually realized only happened after de/serialization upon server restart. Seeing no related questions on SO, I took the time to create a self-contained test case as part of a question[1] and also to answer that question with a solution that showed how to use reflection to set the value of final fields[2].

For my trouble, several SO members[3] trolled or ridiculed me. This doesn't exactly encourage future participation. My time is too important to waste it helping self-important, ungrateful jerks.

[1] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12324472/a-transient-fina...

[2] http://stackoverflow.com/a/12324473/1237044

[3] nicholas.hauschild trolled me for answering my own question (deleted by Anna Lear), and you can see EJB's discouraging comments.

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Re:Stackoverflow Is A Difficult Community to Participate In by teh_klev on Sunday September 09, 2012 @09:56PM (#4497908)
It's a shame you had to experience that. Unfortunately, there are some folks who still haven't gotten the "it's ok to answer your own questions" memo [1].

But don't be discouraged. Ignore the trolls, flag for mod attention and we'll sort out crap like that.

[1] http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2012/05/encyclopedia-stack-exc...

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Re:Stackoverflow Is A Difficult Community to Participate In by melling on Tuesday September 11, 2012 @07:11PM (#4508252)
Hi teh_klev, M-x here again... I always added my own answers if no one else came up with a good one. e.g.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9272244/uisplitviewcontro...

Personally, I think StackOverFlow isn't worth the effort. What people there don't get is that what's really important is simply getting great questions and great answers. That's it. Period!

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