Hi guys. As someone who has recently entered the world of coding, I have used stack overflow like anyone else to ask questions. At first, I was so happy and excited that I'm about to be a member of a community of like-minded people where I can get insights from professionals whenever I need help but it didn't last long until I have realised what I perceived at first as a community of friendly coders that are ready to help each other and those who are new to the field is in fact nothing more than a highly hierarchical society when those so-called "reputable" users play the role of Gods and often punish us newbies with their ultimate weapon "down votes" or ridicule and belittle us for asking questions that they too stupid to waste their precious time.
I have tolerated such behaviours while I was constantly bombarded with harsh down votes and unfriendly comments mainly because as a newbie everyone tells you stack overflow is the only place you can get help for your coding questions and sometimes something that may seem like a stupid thing to an experienced coder may give a newbie like me hours and hours of headache and confusion and may even lead to so many people to leave their pursue of learning how to code, until just yesterday I have noticed they have just banned my account from asking questions which is not only unfair but is in direct contrast with the ultimate philosophy of such communities which is to help each other to become better coders. That's why I said enough is enough, so I decided to search for a community where all members have the same basic rights and respect no matter how much experience they have and where newbies like me can count of more experience fellows to seek answers to their questions. I hope this will be the place for me to stay and develop into a better coder for the years to come.
I'm not so sure how the things are working here, so I appreciate if anyone reading this can tell me if there is a special place for inexperienced coders like me to ask their questions. Thank you for taking time to read this and hopefully I can become a better coder and be able to help others in the future.
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A lot of times it's because it's a duplicate question or the poster didn't make an attempt to write any code at all, which is okay. But sometimes, it's just because they think the answer is too obvious to have the question on the site. They love to vote to close questions if at all possible, and they'll even ridicule you in the comments if they know the obvious answer and you don't. I definitely see how it can be hard on there for a new coder. Hope you find a better outlet, but I don't know of any.
I hear you, I was unable to post questions because my questions received a lot of downvotes even though they were legitimate questions that they refuse to answer.