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I'm trying my best to like stackoverflow but it keeps pushing me back. My answer to questions ratio is around 8:2. Had a descent 900 reputation then some psychotic e-stalker comes and downvotes all my questions and answers and I'm only left with 700 reputation now. Why would anyone do this?

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  • 30
    It's simple! SO is full of self righteous basement dwellers who have no life and feel empowered by their SO reputation.
  • 13
    Fuck. I'm new to this and that makes me afraid to even make an SO account.
  • 17
    my guess would be, low self-esteem + hurt ego + too much spare time.
  • 0
    @rodermus couldnt agree more
  • 9
    @rodermus @yohohoho Usually spend a solid 15-30 mins wording my questions to make sure they're asshole proofed.
  • 1
    @jhh2450 hmm, i still far from this. I use translator like everyfckin time. And still need to recheck the word again to ask/comment/answer something on SO.
  • 8
    Someone asked an off topic question in Stack Overflow about security and I answered it directing them to the security exchange. A person commented saying it wasn't an answer and I should have commented instead. I'm so new I don't have comment privileges. I get it though. It has good and bad parts like every community. Don't be discouraged.
  • 11
    I don't get why people care so much about rep. I use it for what it's actually meant for and have built up a decent reputation just using it normally.

    Some people it seems care more about the rep than actually helping people/finding answers.
  • 4
    SO is filled with a bunch if assholes.
  • 0
    Just got to know his handle is darkhipo.
  • 0
    Because internet
  • 2
    Is there no way to report this?
  • 3
    @HoloDreamer yes. Mods usually undo this kind of irrational behavior.
  • 4
    Put your SO answers/questions here, we'll upvote them for you (the right ones)
  • 4
    Just report it. SO can clearly see that you are being fucked with. They'll try to ban thst guy
  • 2
    Hm.. Would be kinda funny to unleash a grumpy & judgemental ai on SO. :P
  • 3
    I really wish I had enough points to upvote answers... But oh well, I don't think it's possible
  • 0
    Can I say this type of behavior seems to be fairly restricted to stack overflow, security exchange seems to be ok with answering dumb questions providing its not "how do I hack my friends Facebook"
  • 1
    @rusty-hacker thanks a lot but my rant was not about the rep, it's about those shitty assholes who exist in the community who give stack overflow a bad reputation.
  • 0
    I deleted my account. Lol. Who gives a fuck about my SO?
  • 2
    It seems that the cheap psycho is still not satisfied, all my posts are serial downvoted again. If the mods don't take any action, it's good bye forever. I hope he rots in hell.
  • 0
    One more reason to hate shithole SO
  • 3
    @rodermus
    Just lurk the site, dont waste your time making an account. Sadly if you have a complicated question your better off figuring it out yourself. You'll become a better programmer that way anyways. Welcome to DevRant 🖒🏽
  • 2
    There is a script running on StackOverflow which will undo this kind of serial voting.

    Off topic: it's easy to bash StackOverflow, but the truth is that most questions have already been asked, so do a little research before asking 'how to convert a string to uppercase in Python' 😉
  • 2
    SPS Small Penis Syndrome
  • 0
    @Neftas whatever you wrote in your "off topic" section makes no sense whatsoever. Anyway most of them were answers not "how to convert a string to uppercase in Python" questions. That's a baseless assumption about my posts. If many people bash something then there is a reason behind it. 😉
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