Because it's explicitly against the rules of the site! See #4 in the help section "Asking"[0] [0] https://stackoverflow.com/help/on-topic
I think downvoting is one of the things they got absolutely right over places like HN and reddit. When you downvote someone, you lose rep. And you can't downvote until you have a certain amount of rep, if I recall. (Or…
Actually, they do. It's less obvious with the latest redesign, but if you click on "Questions" next to the logo in the header, it takes you to the list of questions that have been asked. At the top of that list is a set…
I have the exact opposite experience. In my experience the quality of answers has been improving significantly recently.
Because it's explicitly against the rules of the site! See #4 in the help section "Asking"[0] [0] https://stackoverflow.com/help/on-topic
I think downvoting is one of the things they got absolutely right over places like HN and reddit. When you downvote someone, you lose rep. And you can't downvote until you have a certain amount of rep, if I recall. (Or…
Actually, they do. It's less obvious with the latest redesign, but if you click on "Questions" next to the logo in the header, it takes you to the list of questions that have been asked. At the top of that list is a set…
I have the exact opposite experience. In my experience the quality of answers has been improving significantly recently.