[siegecraft]

This is why, despite using the site since the beginning, I don't have an account. The effort required to get enough rep to do anything useful on the site is simply not worth it, and it remains just as useful to me as an anonymous lurker. The few times I have actually tried to build rep have been an exercise in frustration.

[nine_k]

If you have no time or incentive to share your knowledge (which is totally OK), maybe staying anonymous is just the right strategy.

Still, to ask a question you have to have only 1 rep point. A really good question or two can get you 100-200 rep in just a few hours. Try it if when you have a good question at hand.

[cranefly]

If it's a c# question maybe. Not many votes in vb.

[nine_k]

One of very simple answers, one that I gave 2.5 years ago, just can't stop bringing an occasional upvote: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5762327/

This is definitely not rocket science, it's just 5-6 minutes honestly spent to research and write down the answer.

Usually longer and more thoughtful answers get a constant barrage of upvotes, though.

[hrasyid]

why would you "try to build rep"?

[siegecraft]

Just to be able to do the normal things you would expect to be able to do: vote down/up, flag things, edit a wiki. That's right, I couldn't even make it to 10 rep...