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I have left stackoverflow around 2011, still top 4% with - ~300 answers with a lots of community wiki posts and even more comments, some giveaway through bounty
by xxs 6y ago
I have left stackoverflow around 2011, still top 4% with - ~300 answers with a lots of community wiki posts and even more comments, some giveaway through bounty on random questions. I have not been compelled to ask anything. Stackoverflow format is not suited for hard questions, that would require personal research. It's not suitable format for a topic discussed in a mail list either. It's a nice tool for quick answers on an easy ones that would score well via quick searches.
In other words. To post a question: I'd have to do my own research, followed by prototyping, testing, debugging. Be unable to reach anywhere, unable to get help by talking to peers directly. The topic should not be domain specific. Gather my thoughts, experience, etc. write them down and post a question. There has been a single case where a colleague of mine asked a question and it never got any attention whatsoever. We found the issue/solution few days later.