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That is true but SE gained a critical mass of answers by encouraging one set of behaviours through its points and badges system, then pulled a bait-and-switch a
by goatinaboat 7y ago
That is true but SE gained a critical mass of answers by encouraging one set of behaviours through its points and badges system, then pulled a bait-and-switch and told those subject matter experts that they were no longer welcome. Wrong demographic, see.
SE is dying. The quality of the questions is falling because being welcoming to new users is deemed more important now than the newcomers absorbing the culture. Questions go unanswered. The real technical Q&A is on Github now. But this is what Spolsky and Atwood wanted all along, good luck to them with their new community of newbies and SJWs.
- shadowgovt 7y agoHow does one get to the Q&A on GitHub? When I Google a question, an SE link is still the most common thing I'll get (especially for error codes).
- wincy 7y agoFor a particular framework or package that’s hosted on Github, questions are often answered in the Issues page.
- goatinaboat 7y agoSearch issues and PRs - that’s where the real knowledge is now. When I Google a question, an SE link is still the most common thing Yep because SE gained critical mass, and in its earlier incarnation was often linked to from outside. But in its present form recent question are unanswered and old answers are obsolete. Because all the people who actually did the work were told by SE that they had served their purpose and were no longer welcome.