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Surprised no one has mentioned StackOverflow Docs, which was recently shut down as a failure. I unfortunately panned it at launch but it seems they devoted sig
by doublerebel 9y ago
Surprised no one has mentioned StackOverflow Docs, which was recently shut down as a failure. I unfortunately panned it at launch but it seems they devoted significant resources to the dead product.
StackOverflow Sunsetting Documentation:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14917765 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14917765
Why I think they targeted the wrong market:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12399438 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12399438
tl;dr:
- it doesn't make sense to donate open-source docs to an offsite corporate service that might shut down
- also, the very common complaint that SO has poor moderation, groupthink doesn't work for docs like it does for one-topic answers