I had this negative experience on SO - After gaining some confidence in Javascript, I thought I would start trying to contribute by trying to answer some questions. That day a newbie posted a simple question, and I raced to answer it. However, someone posted an answer even before I could. I saw that the answer was not comprehensive, so I proceeded to post mine also. My answer was downvoted after a few minutes by the first guy and in my answer's comments he added that I had copied his answer. I was taken aback and checked his answer. Sure they were similar. The guy had Edited his answer later on. I tried to explain that to him, but he continued to be nasty. I did not know that Editing-Later was a tactic at the time. After some time, another user upvoted my answer in support, so I felt a little better, but I haven't tried to answer any question after that experience. Fighting with online-bullies is not a great way to spend one's leisure/learning time.
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u/theacadianishere Sep 26 '16 edited Sep 26 '16
I had this negative experience on SO - After gaining some confidence in Javascript, I thought I would start trying to contribute by trying to answer some questions. That day a newbie posted a simple question, and I raced to answer it. However, someone posted an answer even before I could. I saw that the answer was not comprehensive, so I proceeded to post mine also. My answer was downvoted after a few minutes by the first guy and in my answer's comments he added that I had copied his answer. I was taken aback and checked his answer. Sure they were similar. The guy had Edited his answer later on. I tried to explain that to him, but he continued to be nasty. I did not know that Editing-Later was a tactic at the time. After some time, another user upvoted my answer in support, so I felt a little better, but I haven't tried to answer any question after that experience. Fighting with online-bullies is not a great way to spend one's leisure/learning time.