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It can be a real cesspool at times. I used to be a very active contributor over at JP.SE when it was in beta, but ragequit after about 3 months because I was sick of people labeling me "dangerous to the community" or "leading people astray" because my answers didn't exactly parrot their pet reference or personal experience.
I still look things up on there, and will occasionally post a question as a last resort, but I long ago lost any interest in being an active participant on it. -
@calmyourtities I don't think I need to be causing this kid any more grief by pointing more people towards him, only to be banned and have him be blamed
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@Parzi no i won't do anything bad, nor will any other devRanters, i just have trouble believing you
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@calmyourtities Again, if they're punishing people for trying to alleviate or show support for this kid, i'm not gonna let you guys put yourselves on the banning block.
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@Parzi Link or it didn't happen.
Why does this kid not show it to its parents and/or file a lawsuit?
If these kinds of users don't get removed/banned by the platform, then a letter from the authorities will help.
Some young kid taking his first steps into compsci was being straight-up fucking harassed on SO. No one answered, instead users with really high rep just said shit like "if you tried to hang yourself with that code it'd come apart but you should check anyway" in the comments. I flagged the comments and got fucking banned from the entire Stack Exchange network. I created a new account to help the kid, posted an answer, and was banned and had my answer removed within 5 minutes.
SE can burn in hell.
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