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What's better than SO?

• psyc 9y ago
  SO is, if it ever gets around to listening to the recent outcry, and stops doubling down on the narrative they have going, which is something like, "Actually, the problem is you are a n00b, and we haven't communicated our godly ethos in a n00b-friendly way. So we'll solve the problem by explaining ourselves. And have we mentioned that only n00bs have this problem with us?"
• justherefortart 9y ago
  I find personal blogs covering the topic I'm looking for are typically much better.
• ken 9y ago
  I've had more luck with IRC in recent years. It's less crowded so it's more like the early years of SO. There's a billion channels so you can be as broad or specific as you want. I'm in one channel where it'd be fine to say "I think I want a UI control that's sort of like ..., except more ... -- any suggestions?", and I'm in another channel where anything that isn't about compiler internals is strictly off-topic. They're both useful channels, and have knowledgeable and helpful people, but both positions are much more extreme than are allowed on SO.