I remember John Skeet saying he would sometimes post a half finished answer just so he could get their first and deter other users then polish it later.
I don't know what the point of that is.
I don't know what the point of that is.
I went to meta to talk about how the reputation system is broken if that could happen. Skeet came along and accused me of changing my question, and a bunch of SO fanboys mocked me and told me if I want more reputation I had to try harder.
That's when I knew SO had irreparably changed for the worse.
My situation was that I noticed that person asking was on a very basic level and he gave answer that was not correct in context of experience or what was actually asked. Even though technically correct.
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Do you have a link to this encounter..?
To me that says they're not telling the whole truth about their own behavior.
I quit SO in 2014, and asked Stack Exchange to delete all data from my accounts across their properties. I doubt any link exists.
You are free to disbelieve. You are free.