Thomas Zuberbühler | Swiss Expat in Canada | www.geomo.ch

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I am mostly just here to answer questions. I think the Stackoverflow system is flawed and questioners are sometimes treated unfriendly, arrogant and unpleasant by some users.

Just because someone earned 10,000 reputation from a beginner's question they asked 10 years ago, it's not ok in my opinion to treat new beginners with disrespect by downvoting and close their question within seconds. I've seen this over and over again. Give beginners a chance!!

Also, closing questions because they are supposed to be duplicated (even if they are slightly different) should not be allowed in my opinion. Stackoverflow should rather provide a list of possible duplicated questions.

In the FAQ it is even mentioned that a duplicate question can be a signpost for other questions. Maybe this even triggers someone to give an even better or newer answer who would otherwise never came across with this or the duplicated question!

Finally, why are outdated answers (old but with a lot of upvotes) favoured over the new ones?

Anyways, I am here to help people and when I answer a question, I mostly learn something as well. That said, thank you for asking and helping me to improve my skills. :)