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Yeah, because edit wars are surely better than editor wars, and what we're doing now (with Jeff here!) is not bikeshedding. The only questions on SO are the tr
by 4ad 14y ago
Yeah, because edit wars are surely better than editor wars, and what we're doing now (with Jeff here!) is not bikeshedding.
The only questions on SO are the trivial questions that could be answered by reading some documentation. If questions are broad or open ended, the value lies in the discussion, not in any particular answer. I also found that many accepted answers are blatantly wrong. For me, SO has no value. /r/programming doesn't have any value either, but that doesn't make SO better.
- mattgreenrocks 14y agoSO wishes to remain a Q&A site, rather than a discussion site. They're intentionally limiting its scope. This is a very good thing. There is a huge opportunity for a quality, ruthlessly moderated programming-centric discussion site. I'd argue that an aggregator is suboptimal over the long term due to the economic structure of the Internet favoring eyeballs over quality content. I do agree that SO quality sucks at times, though.