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If the mods on SO were more lenient than they already are SO would be completely useless, as opposed to barely useful, as it stands today. So many of the low-e
by erikbye 6y ago
If the mods on SO were more lenient than they already are SO would be completely useless, as opposed to barely useful, as it stands today.
So many of the low-effort questions and answers belong in forums or IRC channels, or just ask your colleague, FFS. Or, you know, read official documentation? Get an understanding of the subject before you start making posts and just wait around for an answer. But I guess people could actually learn something, then.
Learning is not what many developers seem to use SO for, they just want a quick fix. Something to copy-paste. It leaves them with no understanding and increases the shittyness of code everywhere.
We need a higher bar for programming. If you can't get your work done without SO, you should be fired.
- Quarrelsome 6y agoWay more people are on SO than venture into IRC or are now split up on discord. SO had the opportunity to be that community and to be that helping hand, the community were willing (people like me!) but due to the attitudes of some, like yourself (j'accuse!) we closed ourselves off to that because we thought being "correct" was more important than helping. SO could have easily been both but people just overly fixated on the concept of building a perfect library of knowledge.