Re:Stackoverflow Is A Difficult Community to Participate In
by monksy on Saturday September 08, 2012 @07:24PM
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I argue about this with Shog9 [a newer mod] on meta. His response was that it should be dead on, completely right [despite hidden assumptions]. Even if it was correct [and maybe not related: lets say that someone is asking about how to opt c++ code, most advice will say to improve the design, but an answer on gcc opt flags is relivant just not exactly what was asked] it should be downvoted.
I called him out on that insanity, he was a big member on CodeProject, as was I. His excuse for that "codeproject turned in a shithole, lets not make this place like that" [not exactly what he said but it sums up many of his responses].
Re:Stackoverflow Is A Difficult Community to Participate In
by m_myers on Saturday September 08, 2012 @10:21PM
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It would probably be relevant to mention that your conversations with Shog9 [1] [2] took place nearly three years ago, long before he was hired (he's a community coordinator, not a moderator).
[1]: http://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/29024/13531 [2]: http://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/36401/13531
Many people claim that down-voting should only be used in very specific cases, but The Stack Overflow guideline seen while mousing over the down arrow is "This question does not show any research effort; it is unclear or not useful." I think that (especially the insufficient research part) is pretty broad.