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This could be really useful, however I wonder how teams will find answers to their questions without a private Google channel :) I don't know anyone who actual

This could be really useful, however I wonder how teams will find answers to their questions without a private Google channel :) I don't know anyone who actually finds the answer via SO search.

throwaway9980 9y ago
I thought the same thing. "Oh cool!" Immediately followed by "But wait, how do I google these answers?"
chrisan 9y ago
> I don't know anyone who actually finds the answer via SO search. I had to load up the site just to look where the search box even was. Not that it is hidden by any means, just that my eyes follow google -> topic title -> green arrow -> scan other solutions/comments and I had no mental reference of their search bar in my head
lowkeyokay 9y ago
SO search never seem to find the answer I'm looking for, but once I start writing a question it almost always ends up finding a similar (answered) question. So their search works but perhaps it needs lots of input
cheath 9y ago
PM on Stack Overflow Channels here. You make a valid point. :) And I can assure you, the success of Channels is predicated on a solid update to the way we do search (as well as better integration with tools you might already be using, like Slack).
BrandoElFollito 9y ago
That, and one gets usually chastised when not finding a duplicate via this search box. I always check Google results, then look at the yellow suggestions box for earlier posts and sometimes end up with a duplicate (rarely but still). This usually ends up with a "closed as duplicate" (which is fine) but also sometimes end up with cynical, passive aggressive remarks on Meta. I love SO (and SE in general). It helped me to understand and discover things I was not aware of. But Meta is an abomination, full of people with ego issues and heavy complexes. I abhor this community, which is a shame as I stopped to file bugs in SO just because of the toxic environnement there.

This could be really useful, however I wonder how teams will find answers to their questions without a private Google channel :) I don't know anyone who actually finds the answer via SO search.

throwaway9980 9y ago

I thought the same thing. "Oh cool!" Immediately followed by "But wait, how do I google these answers?"

chrisan 9y ago

> I don't know anyone who actually finds the answer via SO search. I had to load up the site just to look where the search box even was. Not that it is hidden by any means, just that my eyes follow google -> topic title -> green arrow -> scan other solutions/comments and I had no mental reference of their search bar in my head

lowkeyokay 9y ago

SO search never seem to find the answer I'm looking for, but once I start writing a question it almost always ends up finding a similar (answered) question. So their search works but perhaps it needs lots of input

cheath 9y ago

PM on Stack Overflow Channels here. You make a valid point. :) And I can assure you, the success of Channels is predicated on a solid update to the way we do search (as well as better integration with tools you might already be using, like Slack).

BrandoElFollito 9y ago

That, and one gets usually chastised when not finding a duplicate via this search box. I always check Google results, then look at the yellow suggestions box for earlier posts and sometimes end up with a duplicate (rarely but still). This usually ends up with a "closed as duplicate" (which is fine) but also sometimes end up with cynical, passive aggressive remarks on Meta. I love SO (and SE in general). It helped me to understand and discover things I was not aware of. But Meta is an abomination, full of people with ego issues and heavy complexes. I abhor this community, which is a shame as I stopped to file bugs in SO just because of the toxic environnement there.