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Stack Overflow to me is a Read Only resource. Just like Wikipedia. Trying to contribute is a waste of time as both have been taken over by power tripping mods
by ObsoleteNerd 8y ago
Stack Overflow to me is a Read Only resource. Just like Wikipedia.
Trying to contribute is a waste of time as both have been taken over by power tripping mods who have zero interest in furthering the resource and instead gain some form of enjoyment from petty drama and treating users like little kids. The leadership of both seem to have no problem with this, so I search, scrape, and leave, with no account on either and no desire to contribute (despite being someone with endless spare time and a desire to contribute to resources where I can).
- nineteen999 8y agoAll of this was fixed back in April (https://stackoverflow.blog/2018/04/26/stack-overflow-isnt-very-welcoming-its-time-for-that-to-change/ https://stackoverflow.blog/2018/04/26/stack-overflow-isnt-ve...). (tongue firmly planted in cheek)
- suzzer99 8y agoThere's a big thread in the "meta" forum about this blog post: https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/373158/what-does-our-long-term-community-need-what-does-our-long-term-community-need-t https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/373158/what-does-ou... (but you need 50 rep points to leave a comment)
- nineteen999 8y agoThat almost reads as "we tried to be nicer to reach out to a wider audience, but in the process we alienated our existing community of elitest curmudgeons".
- maceurt 8y agoI personally created a stackoverflow account this year, and while not being an expert on any programming language or framework, I have still been able to contribute and answer many different people's questions along with asking a few questions myself that got some good responses.