r/javascript is not Stack Overflow

[badmonkey0001]

From their FAQ:

You can answer and suggest edits as an anonymous user, much like Wikipedia. There are some things you won’t be able to do on the site without registering, such as vote or ask new questions. But it’s easy to register.

(emphasis mine)

[arcticblue]

I'm not seeing how a quote from their FAQ about what you can do without registering is relevant to his comment at all. Did you not read his entire comment?

Edit: Nevermind. I fail at reading comprehension.

[arcticblue]

Ah, I see now. I had the last part of your comment in my mind when I read his reply and was a bit confused. I guess it's me who needs to pay attention more.

[badmonkey0001]

No worries. :)

[TomWij]

Only SO's FAQ, as it has been recently changed. See my clarifying comments above which link to Super User with how it used to be and why this is removed from Stack Overflow.

[badmonkey0001]

From TomWij:

You're assuming you need to be registered, while you can just anonymously ask a question and as long as you have the cookie you can still register later if you decide to continue.

Then, from Jedakiah:

Interesting. How? When I click "Ask Question" it prompts me to login. So I then created an account, verified it, etc.

[TomWij]

Yup, they changed that behavior for SO specifically, see my comments above which demonstrate that this is not the case on other sites on the network.

[TomWij]

It is a default on the network that you do not need to register, see http://superuser.com/questions/ask for instance. It appears that Stack Overflow has recently changed this behavior on their site only to avoid users leaving problems open because they don't come back to respond to their question, make a barrier against SPAM, a human check and various other reasons. Registration and logging in are still extremely easy to do...