Re:Stackoverflow Is A Difficult Community to Participate In
by bjourne on Sunday September 09, 2012 @07:04AM
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Ah, the slippery slope argument. "If WE aren't tight on the rules, the site will quickly degernate into a useless mess." Where have I heard that before? On Wikipedia. It vastly overstates the job of those that delete stuff. They aren't the ones creating a great site. Those that ask and answer questions are.
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Re:Stackoverflow Is A Difficult Community to Participate In
by recoiledsnake on Sunday September 09, 2012 @10:02AM
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Did I even mention the people doing the job of deleting stuff? For all I care, it could be done by a bot.
>They aren't the ones creating a great site. Those that ask and answer questions are.
Sure. Look at a site where there is no moderation. http://answers.yahoo.com/
My experience with online communities tells me that the slippery slope in this case is very real. When new and immature folks generate content with back and forth among themselves(voting each others' comments up), the old timers simply pack up and leave since the site doesn't interest them anymore. Happened to Reddit right before my eyes.
So why not use programmers.stackexchange.com for such discussions? The more people use it, the more active it gets. Stackoverflow has already made their opinion clear on this.