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> A lot of the sites are too specific and have too few users for good answers. Thats what! If enough people aren't interested/participating in a particular st
by cvs268 10y ago
> A lot of the sites are too specific and have too few users for good answers.
Thats what! If enough people aren't interested/participating in a particular stackexchange site, then an open-ended question on StackOverflow is not likely to generate any canonical answers with proper references from the people hanging out on StackOverflow.
Also such a question is likely to be too-specific i.e. "ahead of its time" to be discussed in an open forum without enough people having experienced first-hand the various nuances involved. Ergo, Fanboyism/Flamewars ensue...
The strict community moderation guidelines on StackOverflow, make it a very "clean" and informative part of the internet. This is at the cost of few "borderline-acceptable" questions being closed.
Right now, it appears to be a conscious decision to accept this fact on StackOverflow.
It would be good to ensure that people who ARE interested in a sub-domain are aware of he relevant stackexchange sites. Discover-ability and the ease of browsing/following related tags across the various stackexchange sites could be easier, so that people can "hang-out" in the relevant sites. Is there a way to generate unified feed or search for a tag across all sites on StackExchange? (i don't know. maybe it would help improve participation in the relevant sites)
- Drdrdrq 10y agoI had a schoolmate in high school who believed that every question has an objective answer. Man, what a pita it was when he set out to find it and wouldn't let go even after all the others gave up and tried to abort the discussion... Sometimes I am looking for subjective answer, because let's face it - objective one doesn't always exist (if ever). Saying SO is not the correct site for this is of course a legitimate response, but the feelings it evokes in me (especially after it replaced myriad of forums where I could have gotten a better answer) are not very friendly. I deal with it in my own way (not actively helping others), but it's a shame...