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19 questions linked to/from Why is the Association Bonus ignored when trying to answer a protected question?
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10 reputation requirement to answer a question, but I have 101 [duplicate]
I frequently browse popular stack questions that appear on the right side of any site. Every now and then I find myself capable and willing to voice opinion/answer a question. This is why I pushed my ...
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Why doesn't the "protected by" flag consider stats from other Stack Exchange sites? [duplicate]
I'm a member of Stack Overflow, Web Applications Stack Exchange and Meta Stack Overflow. However, I thusfar only contributed to Stack Overflow, where I have a reputation of 166 (based on a total ...
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What can I do if I want to answer a protected question without having the required reputation to do so? [duplicate]
… although I have more than enough on Stack Overflow.
The question I'm trying to answer is: Rails - Does using partials slow views rendering?
This problem has annoyed me for awhile.
I found the ...
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Is "(the association bonus does not count)" considered official Stack Exchange policy? [duplicate]
ORIGINAL QUESTION (before the "possible duplicate" tag was added):
Could someone please look at the last few comments under the main question at Why won't President Obama apologize for ...
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Why can't I answer a protected question? [duplicate]
I wanted to answer a question on a SE site, it says
This question is protected to prevent "thanks!", "me too!", or spam
answers by new users. To answer it, you must have earned at least 10
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Answering a protected question on a different site [duplicate]
I'm mainly a Stack Overflower, but sometimes stray to darker sides of Stack Exchange. I get the customary 100 rep bump since I'm a 'trusted member'. However, on a recent site I visited (English ...
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Improve "Protected Question" message with regard to rep gained through Association Bonus
I recently started an account on Android Enthusiasts, and went to add an answer to a question which was protected. I have enough rep on other sites that I have the "Association Bonus", so I was ...
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Is there a sandbox to post test questions?
I have noticed a behaviour that may or may not be a Markdown bug. It is a discrepancy between the preview and the rendered result, which is why I would need to post a question to check it out.
Is ...
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Protected question notice is confusing and incorrect, especially to users with the association bonus
The new notice for protected questions looks like this:
Earn 10 reputation in order to answer this question. The reputation requirement helps protect this question from spam and non-answer activity.
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Update privilege page so it doesn't claim I can answer protected questions while I can't
The privilege page tells me I can answer protected questions, but I still can't answer protected questions on The Workplace. I know it is because of the association bonus (also here); I have more than ...
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At smaller graduated sites, delay granting association bonus until at least after 2-3 days visited
(matters of association bonus are probably not important for large sites)
Immediately granting association bonus carries certain risk of destructive impact (comments and votes) from users totally ...
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The association bonus does not persist as advertised and "Altruistic" users are penalized
The association bonus FAQ says:
This bonus gives users who have shown some basic understanding of how the Stack Exchange system works a boost past the initial site restrictions on sites where they ...
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Why can't I answer any protected questions on Stack Overflow even though I have 533 reputation?
You need 10 reputation to answer protected questions. I know that they ignore the Association Bonus, but I'm still 433 reputation over the requirement.
I don't see an answer box on any protected ...
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Unable to answer protected question despite having enough reputation [duplicate]
I was reading What are the “spam” and “rude or abusive” (offensive) flags, and how do they work? last night. When I got to the bottom, where the answer button usually is, I saw the following message ...
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I have enough rep to answer, but can't? [duplicate]
It says I need 10 rep to answer this question because of a spam lock, but I have 37 and cannot add my answer.
High Sierra - The path /System/Installation/Packages/OSInstall.mpkg appears to be missing ...
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