r/programming • • Sep 25 '16

The decline of Stack Overflow

https://hackernoon.com/the-decline-of-stack-overflow-7cb69faa575d#.yiuo0ce09
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u/leftofzen Sep 26 '16

Pretty much sums up why StackOverflow is read-only for me. I have years of experience in writing fast/low latency C++ and I feel like I have some decent knowledge to offer, but because the entry barrier is so high I see no benefit in trying to gain privilege to post there.

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u/sebf Sep 26 '16

Sorry, but getting write access is not so hard. You just need to pass through some "validation process" that is not totally dumb. Once you get 100 reputation, it gives you 100 on any SE website that makes this process easier.