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My personal preference (based on experience) for things like software development questions/discussion has been Best: - Mailing lists/Slack/newsgroups back in
by travisgriggs 4y ago
My personal preference (based on experience) for things like software development questions/discussion has been
Best:
- Mailing lists/Slack/newsgroups back in the day
Middle:
- Stack Overflow, though it feels like traffic has gotten less over the years. The orthodox moderators took over
Worst:
- Forums, whether syndicated like Discord or their own proprietary thing (I'm looking at you Microchip, Atmel, and STMicro)
There have been exceptions. But that has been my experience.
- tannhaeuser 4y agoCan confirm the depth and longevity of mailing lists compared to classic forums and HN/Reddit with sometimes week-long threads if not necessarily with daily or more frequent cadence which also works wonders for quality. Think open-ended discussions and responses without time pressure but with good quotes and references rather than "quick wins", memes, and barely hidden intents of manipulation which is also a thing on HN. Also, the option of PMing. Mailing lists should be used more again, they've become somewhat out of fashion for no good reason.