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Re:What does Stack Overflow want to be when it grows up? by mapgrep on Monday October 22, 2018 @12:51PM (#18276227)
When he writes about ohw StackOverflow is first and foremost a wiki, he is offering a solution to this situation.

In the original vision of StackOverflow, that accepted and highly voted answer would be converted into a wiki. Then when it gets stale, it would be revised.

Not saying they do a good/bad job of this, just that, that's how it was supposed to work. And ya it would be totally frustrating as a new contrib because if the canonical answer was not converted to wiki yet, you can't really contribute.

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Re:What does Stack Overflow want to be when it grows up? by mark-r on Monday October 22, 2018 @05:35PM (#18278746)
The idea of StackOverflow as a wiki is completely at odds with its built-in gamification. Answers are written by individuals who garner points for them, and their name and avatar are prominently displayed.
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