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Jeff Atwood has said that stackoverflow.com is partially a response to the massive suck factor of sites like Experts Exchange. One of the most annoying things a
by cbetz 18y ago
Jeff Atwood has said that stackoverflow.com is partially a response to the massive suck factor of sites like Experts Exchange. One of the most annoying things about researching programming topics is trying to find something on google and accidentally clicking an Experts Exchange link. I really wish that site would just go away.
- river_styx 18y agoWhat's the problem with Experts Exchange, exactly? I'm speaking from mainly a .Net point of view, but I've found solutions to many, many problems there.
- tfinniga 18y agoMy problem with the site is twofold. One, they're deceptive. Top of every page says you to pay to join to see the answer, shows scrambled answers, etc. Bottom of the same page shows the actual answer. Two, the ratio of crap to goodness on their page is astoundingly high. If I counted pixels, it's like 20:1. Painful to use. Stackoverflow is also trying to tackle issues like out of date answers, the anonymous user experience, etc.
- axod 18y agoAlso who picked the name ExpertSexChange. I mean come on....
- jrockway 18y agoIt's better than an amateur sex change.
- Hexstream 18y agoWhoa, I never noticed that the real answers were at the bottom of the page! But anyway, I assumed a site that looks "commercial" and secretive like that would probably have crappy answers. I'm wary of the "What's in my hand?" tactic.
- ashleyw 18y agoIts very sneaky on how it works... For example, it adds "This answer is only available to paid users" where real answers are meant to be - but if you check right at the bottom of the page, the answers are there....for search engines to see, obviously. I am really looking forward to this site, but hopefully a little newbie questions aren't laughed at.