Looking for a new CEO
I was pretty into SO back in &#x27;13, contributing and asking questions.<p>I recently posted a question.  Here&#x27;s how it went.<p>Posted question, gave some urls to documentation, wrote up code example and asked for help on a specific point.<p>Downvoted and commented that it wasn&#x27;t what the rules specified.<p>Although I didn&#x27;t find anything wrong with my post compared to said rules, but adjusted the post.  Downvoted again.<p>Adjusted again and still more downvotes and no helpful comments.<p>At this point I just deleted the question and sought help elsewhere.<p>------<p>Whereas before you would get your question edited if it wasn&#x27;t within the guidelines or perhaps people would not downvote but comment on how you could be more specific.<p>Instead it was as if I had to &quot;do the work&quot; for them to understand what was being asked or do as much as I could so it wasn&#x27;t taxing for them.<p>The help I got elsewhere was actually from reddit.  Another user actually did go through my code and the solution was trivial.  Being a solo developer and not having more than 1 pair of eyes can sometimes get you in the weeds.<p>Now I just use SO for reading and getting hints on what I&#x27;m working on myself.  It&#x27;s good in that respect.  It&#x27;s just a shame it&#x27;s gotten so toxic.  I know from reading other forums when someone mentions SO, it&#x27;s just not the same anymore.<p>I genuinely feel bad for new comers.