What does Stack Overflow want to be when it grows up?

Re:What does Stack Overflow want to be when it grows up? by manigandham on Monday October 22, 2018 @11:12AM (#18275268)

Decay will apply to all answers so it'll still stay at the top of the rankings unless a better answer comes along. Tons of options but better than the static scores we have now.

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Re:What does Stack Overflow want to be when it grows up? by bryanrasmussen on Monday October 22, 2018 @11:20AM (#18275335)

If a better answer comes along in a question with 20 answers already it probably won't get up to the top anytime soon.

If a better answer comes along in a question that is then marked as a repeat of a question that has a worse answer, forget it.

At any rate if a better answer comes along it should rise to the top in the matter of <24hrs.

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Re:What does Stack Overflow want to be when it grows up? by manigandham on Monday October 22, 2018 @11:23AM (#18275369)

Yes, that's how it is today. That's why I want proper merging and decay, so that fresh answers actually have a shot of getting to the top while people see a single relevant thread.

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Re:What does Stack Overflow want to be when it grows up? by mark-r on Monday October 22, 2018 @04:15PM (#18278063)

Maybe a good answer won't rise to the top, but it will go up over time. I answered a question 7 years after it was asked, and at this point my answer is #8 out of 59. I can't argue that the 7 above me aren't better.

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Re:What does Stack Overflow want to be when it grows up? by collyw on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @06:40AM (#18282242)

There is also the problems of frameworks and languages evolving, with better ways of doing things in subsequent versions.

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