Re:Stackoverflow Is A Difficult Community to Participate In
by wamatt on Sunday September 09, 2012 @05:48AM
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I agree, my first question on SO was: "What is vert.x and why is it useful?" was basically downvoted to hell, and then closed and eventually deleted.
It didn't leave me with a great impression of the community TBH, and felt overly draconian. Of course I didn't make a big scene about it, and will still contribute now and then after having adapted, but I think that's a shame in a sense, because often broad and open questions generate a lot of useful discussion.
Re:Stackoverflow Is A Difficult Community to Participate In
by ricardobeat on Sunday September 09, 2012 @09:11AM
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But SO, as stated elsewhere, is not for discussions. It's for answers.
Re:Stackoverflow Is A Difficult Community to Participate In
by SeanDav on Sunday September 09, 2012 @09:52AM
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Just how many answers do you think there are in the computing field that are so straight forward they can be stated without any requirement or need for discussion?
Almost any technology answer usually has an "it depends" in it somewhere and that of course needs a discussion in order to fully explore the answer.
The other day I was doing some searching on the use of express in node.js. I think I found about 10 relevant and useful threads of which I think only 1 was still open. All the other threads I actually found very useful had been closed by some moderator. Subjectively, I think this is a very typical ratio.
I just don't get it quite frankly.