@NickCox, actually I think it's kind of cool that you got an article written about your contributions. It is tongue in cheek, but also rather laudatory.

@gung Thanks for the positive attitude You're the first person I have encountered to see it in those terms.

@NickCox, "... N answered so many of the Stata questions... We should also point out that N knows a lot about Stata and that many times N’s answers were accepted by the original poster." I take those as laudatory. Moreover, I think the whole article is tongue in cheek. I also went to the pictured example, & it didn't seem that snarky to me.

"It may be that there will always be snark and hostility on SO, no matter how many calendar seasons are dedicated to its eradication. But SO will also likely remain an amazing place to get your questions successfully answered for free by professionals, sometimes in the matter of minutes. That might be worth the potential exposure to a little snark."

It seems it wasn't that bad in the end.