Re:Stack Overflow is now the official support platform for F...
by pettazz on Wednesday August 24, 2011 @04:31PM
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Whoa, are they replacing _all_ documentation with SO? I figured they meant that this was going to replace the severely less than helpful developer forums and FAQ pages.
Re:Stack Overflow is now the official support platform for F...
by cosgroveb on Wednesday August 24, 2011 @08:03PM
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Not for the Facebook API. I was talking about FogBugz and Kiln whose documentation was entirely replaced by Stack Exchange. Sorry for the confusion, I really took this thread far afield.
Re:Stack Overflow is now the official support platform for F...
by kmontrose on Wednesday August 24, 2011 @05:09PM
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No, Facebook is replacing their forums with Stack Overflow.
See their blog post: http://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/545/
Their documentation remains independent, the alternative is insane.
(disclaimed: SE Inc. employee)
Mainly that's because a lot of the right questions haven't been asked yet (I could probably provide a few of those instead of searching then quitting when I don't find what I need), or the information is out of date. It doesn't seem like there's a critical mass of users yet for it to be solid enough to replace the manual.
Also note I'm not saying I need a physical book in my hands. Just something indexed with a table of contents with most of the info I might go looking for.
I appreciate the responses here and on Twitter though, guys. Your support (excluding my qualms wrt documentation) really does seem top notch.