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Is there something that SO can do to further segment the site and/or the question pool without making it too hard to use or driving too many questions into tota
by nlawalker 8y ago
Is there something that SO can do to further segment the site and/or the question pool without making it too hard to use or driving too many questions into total invisibility?
The problem with SO as I see it is that every question is part of the same pool of questions, only differentiated by topic tags. Every question is held to the same standards. This is a contrast to the actual people who use the site: askers and answerers are all using, looking for and expecting a huge variety of different approaches and responses, and have wildly varying levels of experience.
Reddit's subreddits completely transforms the site for people who use them - people who browse the front-page have an entirely different experience and different expectations from those who curate. I wonder if there's something similar SO can do.
- everfree 8y agoStack Overflow is like Reddit's equivalent of /r/programming. There are tons of other Stack Exchange sites on everything from Cooking to Electrical Engineering to Role-playing, I encourage you to check them out. That being said, it's true that they all use the same approach: Concise questions and answers without any extra discussion.