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Consider Stack Overflow question How do sites validate you linked back to them in real-time? (now deleted)

Can someone explain why I received 10 downvotes? I'm asking what sites like mixpanel use to verify someone linked back to them?

I have never been this confused from a reaction to my question. I am speechless.

Would it be a poor choice to delete and repost/reword the question?

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  • Don't panic.
    – michaelb958--GoFundMonica
    Commented Aug 12, 2013 at 23:49
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    my guess is people only read the title.
    – d-_-b
    Commented Aug 12, 2013 at 23:50
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    Frankly the black hat comments seem a bit mad. The close reason is a fair comment however
    – Richard Tingle
    Commented Aug 12, 2013 at 23:51
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    rediculous. if i've never rage-quit, this would be the time.
    – d-_-b
    Commented Aug 12, 2013 at 23:54
  • You'll get -10 free credits around here. Spend them wisely :)
    – Uphill Luge
    Commented Aug 12, 2013 at 23:55
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    I suppose this is simply too big a question for stack overflow. -11 seems an insane reaction however
    – Richard Tingle
    Commented Aug 12, 2013 at 23:56
  • See this Meta SO question
    – Cole Tobin
    Commented Aug 13, 2013 at 1:56

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I think the reason of the down-votes is simply what the tooltip itself suggests:

This question does not show any research effort; it is unclear or not useful

Since voting is subjective, I cannot say I know for sure the reason of the down-votes, but surely the lack of research helped. Stack Overflow is a Q&A site about programming; probably some users expected you to show some code, for which they could point you any mistakes done in writing it.

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