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and they haven't succeeded. Try finding something for Angular 5 without getting bogged down in previous Angular stuff or seeing questions about tech choices tha

and they haven't succeeded. Try finding something for Angular 5 without getting bogged down in previous Angular stuff or seeing questions about tech choices that are ridiculously out of date because they stopped allowing people to post those questions in roughly 2010.

mycomments2017 9y ago
there's a place for freenode/gitter/matrix.org's '#programming' room and there's a place for 'correctness of the information repository' that SO provides
- Quarrelsome 9y ago
  you think there is no value in an open question with upsie/downsie on SO? On freenode the answers are very much dependent on the time the question is asked.
  - icebraining 9y ago
    Those questions invite lengthy discussion, which SO is totally not optimized for. A software like Reddit (not necessarily Reddit itself) would be more appropriate, in my opinion.
    - Quarrelsome 9y ago
      Personally I don't see how Reddit really differs. They both have up/down they both support markdown. SO doesn't have a frontpage or specific subreddits (although it does have tags).
      - icebraining 9y ago
        Reddit allows for long, threaded discussions. On SO you just have Answers, and then those limited comments below. There's no space for back-and-forth.
        Quarrelsome 9y ago
        That's a fair point but I find SO much better indexed. Now when I want an opinion on tech my options are: * Ancient SO post * Whoever is kicking around in freenode * Marketing fluff pieces
- mcguire 9y ago
  An information repository that is badly out of date with no effort at curation?
jessriedel 9y ago
It seems clear that their efforts to optimize for future readers have had a lot of success. It's a big part of why they are so popular and valuable. But I'd also be the first to agree they are far from perfect. So I'd think you'd want to sharpen or reform the rules they use, rather than uniformly push them in any one direction. And so I wouldn't agree with blanket criticism of the idea of an information repository.

mycomments2017 9y ago

there's a place for freenode/gitter/matrix.org's '#programming' room and there's a place for 'correctness of the information repository' that SO provides

Quarrelsome 9y ago
you think there is no value in an open question with upsie/downsie on SO? On freenode the answers are very much dependent on the time the question is asked.
- icebraining 9y ago
  Those questions invite lengthy discussion, which SO is totally not optimized for. A software like Reddit (not necessarily Reddit itself) would be more appropriate, in my opinion.
  - Quarrelsome 9y ago
    Personally I don't see how Reddit really differs. They both have up/down they both support markdown. SO doesn't have a frontpage or specific subreddits (although it does have tags).
    - icebraining 9y ago
      Reddit allows for long, threaded discussions. On SO you just have Answers, and then those limited comments below. There's no space for back-and-forth.
      - Quarrelsome 9y ago
        That's a fair point but I find SO much better indexed. Now when I want an opinion on tech my options are: * Ancient SO post * Whoever is kicking around in freenode * Marketing fluff pieces
mcguire 9y ago
An information repository that is badly out of date with no effort at curation?

jessriedel 9y ago

It seems clear that their efforts to optimize for future readers have had a lot of success. It's a big part of why they are so popular and valuable. But I'd also be the first to agree they are far from perfect. So I'd think you'd want to sharpen or reform the rules they use, rather than uniformly push them in any one direction. And so I wouldn't agree with blanket criticism of the idea of an information repository.