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It's also assuming the SO answer is less considerate of context than the documentation; this can be the case, but I find quite often good answers are quite comp
by lucideer 9y ago
It's also assuming the SO answer is less considerate of context than the documentation; this can be the case, but I find quite often good answers are quite comprehensive and explain things broadly.
- gcb0 9y agothats exactly the point. before: questions were always open. and over time people added those details. now, after someone answer with a one liner and gets accepted, the question is "closed to prevent 'me too' comments" it's going downhill for the same reason every internet community does: power crazy moderators who completely misses the point of the site they moderate.
- ceejayoz 9y agoThe "me too" functionality is protection, not closing - registered users with a certain amount of reputation can still answer them. Similar to Wikipedia's system. Every "me too" protected item I've seen has half a dozen "me too" answers deleted at the bottom. It's likely necessary.
- Terr_ 9y agoI don't think it's just the moderators, there's also an incentive problem because a popular question/answer has no limits on its point-payout. This leads to a kind of popularity gold-rush pattern. Hard important stuff languishes while easy stuff is has a glut of volunteers. I'd be interested to see what happens if questions and answers only gave up to a fixed limit of Internet-points to the authors or contributors. Would it lead to a broader knowledge base?