How do you answer Stack Overflow?
Here are a few tips on how to make your answer great:
- Pay it forward. Saying “thanks” is appreciated, but it doesn’t answer the question.
- Have the same problem?
- Answer the question.
- Provide context for links.
- Write to the best of your ability.
- Answer well-asked questions.
- Always be polite and have fun.
Where is stack overflow based?
New York, NY
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| Type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Parent Company | Stack Exchange |
| HQ | New York, NY, US |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Website | stackoverflow.com |
Can you ask a question on Stack Overflow?
If your question is not on-topic for Stack Overflow, it may be on topic for another Stack Exchange site. If your question would be of interest to… If no site currently exists that will accept your question, you may commit to or propose a new site at Area 51, the place where new Stack Exchange communities are democratically created.
Why are my questions on Stack Overflow getting downvotes?
Give a clear description of where you got stuck and then people can actually. Asking people not to downvote will only make it more likely they will. Don’t put ideas in our heads (it’s also fluff or noise). Serial downvoting is when one user goes and downvotes posts by one, other user.
How to write a good answer to a question?
The FAQ itself describes/defines what’s on-topic and off-topic in a couple of sentences each; but it isn’t a tutorial/explanation of what’s a good (well-asked) question. I’ve read the list of ‘faq’ and ‘faq-proposed’ headings and this seems to be a new one. ” How do I write a good answer to a question? ” already exists.
Why are questions no longer being accepted from my account?
If a user cannot demonstrate, after asking a reasonable number of questions, that their contributions are making the site better (or at very least, not making it worse) then they will be blocked from asking further questions until they have demonstrated their ability to contribute positively.