Why do I have to ask a question in order to create an account here?

I wanted to reply to an existing question, but I could not do so without asking another question.
I tried asking a new question but not finishing it, which allowed me to compose a reply to the question I actually cared about. But when I tried to submit that reply, the system informed me that my account was inactive because I hadn't confirmed a question, and proceeded to destroy the answer that I spent FORTY FIVE MINUTES writing.
The registration process here seems to assume that everyone is a clueless user asking for help, and not someone trying to provide assistance or extra detail on an issue. It may be that my experience just now has jaded me, but when thinking of ways to describe this, I find the phrase "profoundly stupid because it deters technically sophisticated users from actually answering questions" springs inexorably to mind.

Use this link to register as a contributor and not ask a question (AAQ):
*https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/users/authcontributor
*https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/get-involved
*Bug 972269 - Tell people to ask a question when they try to register

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