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Try just being helpful to other people and not worrying about reputation points and badges and who's going to use the answer for what potentially commercial purpose.

It can be pretty rewarding to have someone thank you profusely for helping them figure something out. And you can learn a lot too -- sometimes to answer a question I'll have to actually go and research it a bit, or make a JSFiddle, that kind of thing.




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