I signed up in Stack Overflow because I genuinely had a question for my CS capstone about strings and objects, specifically in nodeJS and SQL. Before posting the question, I had to thoroughly search up similar questions that might have answers. Of course, my question is kind of specific, so I carried on and drafted the question. I tried hard to make my question as clear as possible, and probably had put in more unnecessary details in it. After posting, not even 30 seconds had past until someone comments in an answer.

The following half an hour was just a bombardment of answers. I even had my question edited by a senior stack overflow user who kind of cut my question short without some details. I commented on some of the answers given for some clarification, but then I miscommunicated about what my next steps would be after I get my answer. Eventually, my question was down-voted because it was not very clear to some users. I also did not have the privilege of officially up-voting or down-voting because I was still a novice in the site. The site still did record my votes just unofficially.

I received a few badges like “Scholar”, which is what beginners get when asking their first question. This form of rewards would incentivize users to further engage in the community and give a game-like situation where other users would have privileges than others. 

I love the extra features that go into the site like creating tags in questions which helps a lot in finding users who are interested and knowledgeable in the topic or question.