Re:Stack Overflow User Survey Results
by EvanKelly on Friday January 25, 2013 @02:10PM
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Do you make a concious decision to not use StackOverflow for a particular reason or is it simply not a tool you need?
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StackOverflow is simply a tool that I do not need.
It is not a community site, it is a Q&A site. Too formal. I find it far better to ask a question on a specific mailing list and not on SO. It causes fragmentation and I prefer to have one canonical source of information. Rails question? Ask the mailing list. A community site for developers would be welcome.
Another big problem that I have with SO is moderation. I do not want anyone editing what I have wrote. It would be fine with the occasional editing of egregious errors, but SO moderation is out of control (IMHO).
Someone editing your post and moderation are two separate things.
What aspect of the moderation is gone wild? Noting a difference between those with diamonds (moderators) next to their names and those with a high board score (high rep users).