Jul 9, 2009 · Narcissism. We all crave praise and like being told how smart we are by people upvoting our answers.
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Oct 16, 2010 · This question already has answers here: Closed 13 years ago. Possible Duplicate: What motivates people to answer questions in Stack Overflow?
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May 5, 2021 · I was just curious what the motivation is behind wanting to help each other and contribute? Is it to help teach others or the pure kindness of giving back?
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Jul 4, 2010 · I'm guessing it's mostly psychological - we want to get "points" in the "game", we want to get some respect in a community, etc.
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Nov 15, 2008 · One reason is altruism. Helping someone makes people feel good. Another reason that is common on SO is to get rep because a big impressive profile looks good.
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Oct 17, 2020 · When you ask a question on Stack Overflow, you are asking a large number of highly qualified, probably quite well paid, busy people to take time ...
Jul 13, 2016 · The solution to the "why do people answer" paradox is they give their time $T in order to get the satisfaction of helping others and sharing knowledge $I.
4 hours ago · I am trying to build an online repository for simple information, where a user can enter/edit their own data, and view the rest of the data.
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