The decline of Stack Overflow (2015)

Re:The decline of Stack Overflow (2015) by nojvek on Sunday September 25, 2016 @03:37PM (#12576991)

I've some very bad experiences with stack overflow. They are very hostile towards new users and the 50 point system that doesn't allow commenting is very absurd. If I ask a question, I should be able to comment for a clarification right?

I wonder if they ever A/B test their point system. I only use stack overflow when Google points me to it.

I think SO can do a much better job at making users actually ask/answer questions rather than just use it as a read only site.

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Re:The decline of Stack Overflow (2015) by wool_gather on Sunday September 25, 2016 @04:36PM (#12577294)

You can comment on your own posts and on answers to your own questions regardless of your points.

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Re:The decline of Stack Overflow (2015) by rmtew on Sunday September 25, 2016 @04:34PM (#12577281)

Worse than that, I used to be very knowledgeable about a topic and having not played the game and not scored any points, it was too frustrating to answer questions there.

The unfortunate thing is that people often see it as the github of project support, and choose to go there to ask questions rather than a project's mailing list.

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