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by tonyle 3714 days ago
To expand, I don't see anything wrong with the joke question, I just think they both fall in the same category.

The user created the question and answered it immediately with a link to his goto library.

The issue is not answering your own question, but more about posting your own question to answer.

Suppose everyone who creates a startup, posts a question & answer to advertise their own project.