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They are great because they create actual communities. Chat is ephemeral. If you have a question that's not on StackOverflow, then you can just ask people in c
by always_good 8y ago
They are great because they create actual communities.
Chat is ephemeral. If you have a question that's not on StackOverflow, then you can just ask people in chat. It's even better for deeper questions because you can have a conversation.
Not every social vessel we have in the world needs to become an archived knowledgebase. And one of the reasons StackOverflow exists is because it's so hard to mine Q&A from even more static mediums like forums much less chatrooms.