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    Blankman, YOU is not intending to be disrespectful. There's an actual error message we show that says "Sorry, we are no longer accepting answers from this account". None of us know about a 50 question limit yet, that's the only question limiter we know of, so we're asking for clarifications. Commented Apr 29, 2011 at 13:57
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    @Blankman, sorry if my comment make offensive to you. I just don't know what kind of error message you got, so I asked. Commented Apr 29, 2011 at 13:57
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    @Blankman, I've never felt the need to seek you out, but now you've voluntarily come to MSO to discuss your asking. This error signifies a larger problem. You've been the example of bad asking on SO for years. Many MSO posts mention you by name. Here are four: Shog9 uses you as a "canonical asker" stand-in, TheTXI used you as a model a year and a half ago, Welbog went so far as to e-mail Jeff about a "Blankman question" (cont'd) Commented Apr 29, 2011 at 14:43
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    (cont'd) and EyeSeeEm calls you "Exhibit A." There's even a data dump query that shows that you're the asking-est SO user ever as of a month ago. I'm happy to give you the benefit of the doubt about whether you were aware of this, but I hope you change your asking habits in the future. Commented Apr 29, 2011 at 14:43
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    Oh man, it's Blankman! You are a supervillain, Blankman. You are the Joker to Jon Skeet's Batman. The Wilson Fisk to Marc Gravell's Spider-Man. The Spider-Man to Jeff Atwood's Wilson Fisk. Commented Apr 29, 2011 at 14:57
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    (Marc and Jeff should fight in New York. That would be a cool movie.) Commented Apr 29, 2011 at 14:58
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    I want to be one of the first to say thank you, Atwood's Angels. Thank you so much. You've made my day. Best feature in a while. A+ would implement again. Commented Apr 29, 2011 at 15:05
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    Why is this question downvoted? bah! – Blankman 7 mins ago for the same reason that you're not hearing anyone say what you want them to say, because the objective here is that you're doing something wrong. You're likely one of a handful of people to EVER see this message. I don't think I could try to ask 50 meaningful questions in one month.... Commented Apr 29, 2011 at 15:25
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    +1 @drachenstern. @Blankman, on the contrary, I'm stunned that this question's net score is as high as 0. You're beginning to remind me of a conspiracy theorist. Anything anyone says to a conspiracy theorist that doesn't fit his theory just strengthens his belief in the conspiracy. Paradoxically, the more incontrovertible the evidence is, the more fervently the theorist believes that he's the only one who's right, and that everyone else is either crazy or one of "them." Unfortunately, I can't find the name for that phenomenon at the moment, but I have no more time to spend on this. Commented Apr 29, 2011 at 15:42
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    This question is about the nature of the "50 questions in 30 days" limit, which is a legitimate question. You shouldn't be downvoting this question because of Blankman's behaviour on SO. The meta question here, today, is perfectly fine. Commented Apr 29, 2011 at 15:54
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    @Vampire, my thought on downvotes is the fact that the OP suggests that he disagrees with the limit ("50/month is just not enough :)"), that's what I'd suggest the downvotes are for... At least, it is for mine. Commented Apr 29, 2011 at 15:57
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    1544 QUESTIONS??? wait... EIGHT ANSWERS?!?!?!? Commented Apr 29, 2011 at 16:19
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    @Will and nearly 10k rep as a result. He is one of the users that Stack Exchange was considering implementing the 2k rep limit from questions rule. I suppose, however, that the rule was never implemented, or that it wasn't applied retroactively. Commented Apr 29, 2011 at 16:26
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    257 more questions than even total votes? Really?? Commented Apr 29, 2011 at 16:34
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    To me, an accept rate of only 59% (in addition to the sheer volume of questions) is very telling of the lack of investment in the questions. Commented Apr 30, 2011 at 2:12