StackOverflow makes it really hard to post

For a new user pretty much anything is banned.

Commenting? No.

Upvoting helpful answers? No.

Answering questions? Once every half hour, don't be too helpful, Spamboy.

Asking questions? Sure, but don't expect an answer unless it hits the sweet spot between "Never asked before" and "Not so esoteric that no-one has any idea of what the answer is."

I have a free afternoon so I thought I'd go bring my senior dev wisdom to the masses on StackOverflow in the hope of one day actually being allowed to post, but they make it. SO. Hard.