Re:Done Answering Questions Stack Overflow
by chrisdirkis on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @08:48AM
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But does this place have to be StackOverflow? I think it has space for discussion in comments, chat rooms, etc., but the main artifact is intended to be an easily searchable Q&A archive.
I think they need to work on communicating that much more clearly, but ultimately they don't want to (primarily) be a place of extended discussion, debate, and so on, and I'm not sure it's fair to say "no, they're wrong" to that.
Re:Done Answering Questions Stack Overflow
by m463 on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @05:24PM
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> But does this place have to be StackOverflow?
I was kind of referring to the very nice platform I'm typing on right now... :)
Re:Done Answering Questions Stack Overflow
by Stratoscope on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @01:19AM
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Re:Done Answering Questions Stack Overflow
by jtdev on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @11:45PM
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> “... or extended discussion“
Oh my, not the dreaded extended discussion!! When will people learn that our tech overlords have found the most optimized means of communicating? We mustn’t revert to the dark times when conversing was openly practiced by the barbarians.
"This question is not a good fit to our Q&A format. We expect answers to generally involve facts, references, or specific expertise; this question will likely solicit opinion, debate, arguments, polling, or extended discussion"
I think there should be a place for this kind of stuff, some place hackers can do these "prohibited" sorts of things...