Can not post questions in "Ask Ubuntu"

Thoughts & Feedback
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How can I help if I can't post questions?

Much of what they said is not true.

I do my best to research stuff before posting.

Sometimes I get confused and they get upset.

Many of the answers show a lack of research or misunderstanding my post.

I think many are seeking to get more points.

I have given answers that have been accepted by folks.

Is this worth pursuing?

Thanks.

# You can’t post new questions right now

Sorry, we are no longer accepting questions from your account because most of your questions need improvement or are out of scope for this site. See the Help Center page [Why are questions no longer being accepted from my account?](https://askubuntu.com/help/question-bans) to learn more.

Please **do not create a new account**. Instead, work on *improving your existing questions* by editing them to comply with [the site's guidelines](https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask) and address any feedback you've received. You can also continue to contribute to the site in other ways, such as [editing](https://askubuntu.com/help/editing) other posts to improve them.
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Your question doesn't make clear (in my view) as to where you're asking about, ie. leaving your "thoughts and feedback" about this site? or another site (as you pasted details that refer to askubuntu.com).

If it's askubuntu.com; I've heard of many other users who've mentioned problems and restrictions at that (and other Stack Exchange sites), as Stack Exchange does keep records of every strike against your email (be it off-topic, downvotes and more), which can soon put in the the red (bad; think accounting) if you don't have sufficient black (upvotes) recorded against your email address... that's how I understand it anyway.

I'll assume you're asking about askubuntu.

I'm not a moderator at askubuntu, though my rep. does qualify me as an TU (trusted user) for the site, but everyone gets downvotes, the key with that site is to get more upvotes I gather.

Myself I've asked almost no questions (had used the site a number of years before I asked my first question, and that was really a leading question so another could answer it & thus we'd publish something there), and you can get more upvotes via answers as I understand it (in fact years ago, it was answers alone that got you rep).

Some of the people I've heard complain about Stack Exchange (including of course Ask Ubuntu) are actually Ubuntu members; which means (at least to me) that they've proven their credentials (esp. in regards open source).

I fear the site (Stack Exchange & Ask Ubuntu) does make it too easy to downvote questions; hey only downvoting an answer will cause the downvoter to lose a little of their [own] rep (ie. downvoting questions has no cost; downvoting an answer costs the downvoter & answer.writer rep), but the hope is (I believe) readers will upvote questions that you read where you believe the question/answer was well researched, a good & useful question etc; alas we'll all have different views on what is good/bad anyway.

If some of us see a newcomer or someone who's making an effort, and trying to answer questions, and doing it well, we may try and encourage them by opening up some of their answers, and upvoting the answers we feel were answered well; meaning someone will benefit 30 or more rep. points (30 points = 3 upvotes in example) in quick succession, allowing them to move forward; but even that action maybe a result of them just giving a single well written/researched answer to a question that got the attention of a mod/tu/etc using the site often. This sort of action is intended to motivate and encourage more positive actions from someone who has shown promise.

I wouldn't worry about askubuntu; you can still use it to read other questions/answers, and if you have questions, Ubuntu Forums is usually found as being more welcoming (moderation a little less strict) if you need to seek help, and don't forget about this actual Ubuntu-MATE site.

I'd encourage you to try and answer questions at askubuntu if/when you can; but most of the negative comments I'm aware of about askubuntu are from people that have chosen to just avoid anything Stack Exchange related. I've even heard Ask Ubuntu mods talk about this topic, but they've still got to stick to Stack Exchange rules & rating system.

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I suggest you accept your own answer at

as every accepted answer will gain you +15 rep., and its my understanding all your +rep's count against the -rep hits you'll get using the site with SE's scoring system.

Please note: I'm no expert in Stack Exchange; what I've presented is my understanding from discussions with mods & others on the site; plus other users associated with the Ubuntu and other open source projects; my understanding could be incomplete, or even wrong

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Editing using Krita.

This will help me remember to use extra care on this site.

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That summarizes the issue(s) they have with your postings.

I got hit with that complaint once, and I never repeated my issue, which was that I like to pose questions at at higher/abstract level for generalization ... which they ABSOLUTELY do not like! They want narrow and specific questions that will have few and straightforward responses, because StackExchange is a learning platform for their AI "monster" that they are trying to build to compete with "Big Blue" from IBM.

Anything that is not "focused" or "topic-relevant" causes issues with the "convergence" speed and accuracy of their learning algorithms. Those same issues raise serious question marks for humans as well, trying to understand relevance of items to the discussion.

It may be that you need to look at the different Communities on StackExchange (3-5 depending on domain/topic focus) and search for similar issues previously resolved, on each Community, in order to determine which is best for each question ... individually. You can't pick just one forum and "throw" all your questions against that one wall. StackExchange is very strict about that.

This is the wrong (inappropriate?) place to be asking the question.

... but ... you should be asking them on the "meta" section of each Community's forum.

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Probably not. Re-read what they have said and think of it as plain, boring feedback about where you can improve. If there are parts of the feedback that don't make sense, you can always ask for more information or advice without getting into who is right vs wrong or whether they have been fair or unfair.

Getting negative feedback sucks, but every time we do, it's a chance to practise how we respond.

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To lighten the mood a bit:

In my experience some moderators at askubuntu go a bit overboard with the rules. Let's say they look more at the literal rules than the spirit of the rules.

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I am in a great mood. No need to have a cow.

A counselor once told me.

"You can not control what someone says, what someone does, or what someone thinks."

What do think of that thought.

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