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Re:Stack Overflow is now the official support platform for F... by cosgroveb on Wednesday August 24, 2011 @02:58PM (#2922037)
Sorry I deleted my post before I saw your reply because it was ridiculously off-topic and I felt like it didn't really belong.. But to provide some context I essentially said that Stack Exchange was an unacceptable replacement for a manual in Fogbugz and Kiln.

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provide a few of those instead of searching then quitting when I don't find what I need), or the information is out of date.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.

Re:Stack Overflow is now the official support platform for F... by pettazz on Wednesday August 24, 2011 @04:31PM (#2922383)
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 (#2923181)
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 (#2922497)
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)

Re:Stack Overflow is now the official support platform for F... by cosgroveb on Wednesday August 24, 2011 @08:02PM (#2923176)
Yeah. Sorry about taking this thread waay off-topic.