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That is...really off-topic. For what it's worth: I agree. I hate the StackExchange, and I want to get rid of it. But our support team is extremely serious ab
by gecko 15y ago
That is...really off-topic.
For what it's worth: I agree. I hate the StackExchange, and I want to get rid of it. But our support team is extremely serious about fixing it, cleaning it up, keeping it up-to-date, and using it as a platform from which we can distribute printed, old-school manuals. The idea here would be that appropriately tagged answers are automatically collated into a print manual; keeping the manual up-to-date would necessarily also ensure that the StackExchange is up-to-date and vice-versa. Think a QA-focused wiki, more than anything else.
They're working on this very hard right now, so I'm hoping that I have something concrete to point to, soon. If it works out, I think it might be a great direction for Facebook to go, too, both providing the social pressures necessary to keep lightly trod StackExchanges up-to-date, and providing a way for Facebook to possibly have organized, accurate documentation for the first time in forever.
- cosgroveb 15y agoSorry I deleted my post before I saw your reply because it was ridiculously off-topic and I felt like it didn't really belong.. But to provide some context I essentially said that Stack Exchange was an unacceptable replacement for a manual in Fogbugz and Kiln. Mainly that's because a lot of the right questions haven't been asked yet (I could probably provide a few of those instead of searching then quitting when I don't find what I need), or the information is out of date. It doesn't seem like there's a critical mass of users yet for it to be solid enough to replace the manual. Also note I'm not saying I need a physical book in my hands. Just something indexed with a table of contents with most of the info I might go looking for. I appreciate the responses here and on Twitter though, guys. Your support (excluding my qualms wrt documentation) really does seem top notch.
- pettazz 15y agoWhoa, are they replacing _all_ documentation with SO? I figured they meant that this was going to replace the severely less than helpful developer forums and FAQ pages.
- kmontrose 15y agoNo, Facebook is replacing their forums with Stack Overflow. See their blog post: http://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/545/ http://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/545/ Their documentation remains independent, the alternative is insane. (disclaimed: SE Inc. employee)
- cosgroveb 15y agoYeah. Sorry about taking this thread waay off-topic.
- cosgroveb 15y agoNot for the Facebook API. I was talking about FogBugz and Kiln whose documentation was entirely replaced by Stack Exchange. Sorry for the confusion, I really took this thread far afield.