--- title: Banned from Stackoverflow | daily.dev description: A developer shares a humorous story about getting their entire WeWork office IP address banned from Stack Overflow after asking coworkers to upvote their... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/banned-from-stackoverflow-nplwsfjzm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Banned from Stackoverflow | daily.dev og:description: A developer shares a humorous story about getting their entire WeWork office IP address banned from Stack Overflow after asking coworkers to upvote their... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/banned-from-stackoverflow-nplwsfjzm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/NpLwSfJzm.png og:image:alt: Banned from Stackoverflow og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Banned from Stackoverflow **[TJ DeVries](https://daily.dev/sources/teej_dv)** · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 5 comments ## Summary A developer shares a humorous story about getting their entire WeWork office IP address banned from Stack Overflow after asking coworkers to upvote their answer to bypass the reputation system's link-posting restrictions. The coordinated upvotes from a single IP triggered Stack Overflow's fraud detection, locking not just the poster's account but blocking the platform for everyone in the building. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@ajithstison66** · 0 upvotes > well now no one using using stackoverflow ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Comment Overflow](https://daily.dev/posts/comment-overflow-yzsu5jpi3) · The Daily WTF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Github banned me for no understandable reason](https://daily.dev/posts/github-banned-me-for-no-understandable-reason-jdhge4d06) · Lobsters · 171 upvotes · 43 comments - [Banned on X and Reddit: An Indie Hacker Rant](https://daily.dev/posts/banned-on-x-and-reddit-an-indie-hacker-rant-vqddddbwf) · Alex CloudStar · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#devops](https://daily.dev/tags/devops), [#terraform](https://daily.dev/tags/terraform) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/banned-from-stackoverflow-nplwsfjzm) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Banned from Stackoverflow","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/banned-from-stackoverflow-nplwsfjzm","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/banned-from-stackoverflow-nplwsfjzm"},"datePublished":"2026-07-20T18:26:45.361Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T07:13:52.425Z","description":"A developer shares a humorous story about getting their entire WeWork office IP address banned from Stack Overflow after asking coworkers to upvote their...","image":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jZDzMnW4-1E/sddefault.jpg","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jZDzMnW4-1E/sddefault.jpg","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"TJ DeVries","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TJ DeVries","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--lygxehc8--/f_auto/v1711725826/logos/teej_dv","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/teej_dv"},"commentCount":5,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/banned-from-stackoverflow-nplwsfjzm","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":5}],"keywords":"devops,terraform","timeRequired":"PT2M","video":{"@type":"VideoObject","name":"Banned from Stackoverflow","description":"A developer shares a humorous story about getting their entire WeWork office IP address banned from Stack Overflow after asking coworkers to upvote their...","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jZDzMnW4-1E/sddefault.jpg","uploadDate":"2026-07-20T18:26:45.361Z","duration":"PT2M","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/NpLwSfJzm","embedUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/jZDzMnW4-1E"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"TJ DeVries","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/teej_dv"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Banned from Stackoverflow"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/banned-from-stackoverflow-nplwsfjzm","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"well now no one using using stackoverflow","datePublished":"2026-07-22T14:57:36.458Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/NpLwSfJzm#c-vST3hCu80","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"ajith-stison","url":"https://daily.dev/ajithstison66","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/283644254?v=4"}}]} ```