Why is Stack Overflow so negative of late?

Re:Why is Stack Overflow so negative of late? by robomartin on Saturday April 26, 2014 @11:05AM (#7651597)

SO and, in general, SE derailed years ago. The mods ruined these communities. If you want to see the worst of it visit ServerFault, it was horrible a couple of years ago. I think that's how long it's been since I've been to an SE site. The misplaced moderation drives potential contributors and participants away.

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Re:Why is Stack Overflow so negative of late? by collyw on Saturday April 26, 2014 @11:53AM (#7651781)

I find the over zealous moderators as annoying as anyone else (I imagine), but its wrong to say that they have been ruined. Stack overflow and Server Fault are still damn useful sites, even with the moderators.

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Re:Why is Stack Overflow so negative of late? by robomartin on Tuesday April 29, 2014 @11:13AM (#7667499)

I say "ruined" from the perspective that a lot of people like me, who have expertise and are interested in sharing, refrain from doing so because we have exactly zero interes in dealing with moderator bullshit. The sites are useful. They could be better.

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