I think I may have found a solution to the stream of questions
that belong on SO that arrive here: why don't we require a (low)
minimal reputation on StackOverflow to allow posting on meta?  I
think this makes perfect sense since I wonder:  How can someone
contribute to the functioning (meta) of a site if he/she has
absolutely no experience with the site in question?  I think
most of us discovered meta after being on SO for a while,
anyway.  Of course I'm well aware that the discussion of "should
we require minimum rep for asking questions" has been made
dozens of time for SO and other SE sites, and the answer is a
big no to which I fully agree. But meta already works
differently in so many ways. Surely this wouldn't even be the
most dramatic difference?  This question also applies to other
SE and Meta SE sites.  share|improve this question MSO is the
network wide Meta. Not just for SO users. –  Bart Apr 30 at
17:38 @Bart, okay, but then we could require a minimum rep on
any normal site? Then at least they kn