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Similar issues with stackoverflow. Entrenched systems and editors/moderators create barriers that discourage contributions.

Tried a few times and realized it wasn't worth the effort.



A weird thing about SO is that you can accumulate privileges for doing nothing. I once answered a question about Python which has accumulated thousands of votes/points over the years, and now I have been granted all these editing rights that I don't even know what to do with (nor do I use them).


I got all my SO points from answering a single question on JavaFX, which I only used for about 6 months. It is not even the accepted answer (which was, and still is, incorrect).




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