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SO has always explicitly stated that it aims to be a repository of knowledge. And since theres no site which offers the kind of help you mention (which involves
by hashhar 8y ago
SO has always explicitly stated that it aims to be a repository of knowledge. And since theres no site which offers the kind of help you mention (which involves discussion, going back and forth, trying some code, discussing again, trying new code and reaching aha moment) it all goes to SO as well. Reddit will help you much better for that usecase.
- moate 8y agoI'm bowing out of this, as I wasn't trying to have a discussion. SO was not helpful to me. I hate it and the coding community so much I left the industry as I was starting out. My story is not unique, and other people have also been driven out by this culture. This is my personal story. That's all it was. Ya'll have fun.
- umvi 8y agoYou say you hate the coding community so much yet you like hanging out on HN? HN is the essence of the coding community! Hackers sharing cool stuff with each other. Please don't judge the entire coding community based on a bad experience with SO zealots. We aren't all mean, I promise :)