What made me stop is everything I’ve posted in the last five years has been downvoted and/or closed for the stupidest reasons imaginable. Even a nearly decade old question I posted has recently been downvoted and closed. It’s been true for ages that they have created a culture of elitist rule followers hellbent on following the letter of the rule and not the spirit (and many times even ignoring the letter of the rule just to close things), but nowadays it’s just so much worse.
I’ll write a question. Spend like 30 minutes making sure it’s good and that there aren’t duplicates because I have so much fucking anxiety about getting downvoted and closed. I’ll find similar questions and explain why it’s different. Then when I post? Downvote, closed as duplicate. Commenters being condescending assholes.
Not to mention all the other shit over the years. They’re violating the license everyone contributes under by not allowing the content to be used for certain purposes. Meta has been a joke for ages. They don’t listen or engage.
What made me stop is everything I’ve posted in the last five years has been downvoted and/or closed for the stupidest reasons imaginable. Even a nearly decade old question I posted has recently been downvoted and closed. It’s been true for ages that they have created a culture of elitist rule followers hellbent on following the letter of the rule and not the spirit (and many times even ignoring the letter of the rule just to close things), but nowadays it’s just so much worse.
I’ll write a question. Spend like 30 minutes making sure it’s good and that there aren’t duplicates because I have so much fucking anxiety about getting downvoted and closed. I’ll find similar questions and explain why it’s different. Then when I post? Downvote, closed as duplicate. Commenters being condescending assholes.
Not to mention all the other shit over the years. They’re violating the license everyone contributes under by not allowing the content to be used for certain purposes. Meta has been a joke for ages. They don’t listen or engage.