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> closed Good 'ol stackoverflow

tikhonj 14y ago
Really, the knee-jerk response to every single closed question on SO isn't terribly useful. First off, you can still read the question and vote on answers. Since there are already several answers, adding another one would not be very useful anyhow. Moreover, it's closed as a duplicate. There's an essentially identical question--with essentially the same answer--that's quite a bit older. It makes sense to point people to it so that there's one centralized resource on the topic.
- dhimes 14y ago
  As a duplicate of What??? That's always been my question. I've found it beyond dumb that they don't put the thing they want you to go to at that message. And, they should make it look like a link. Just my $0.02.
  - tikhonj 14y ago
    There's a link at the top of the question, in a gray box. However, I certainly see how it would be useful to have the link in the closed message as well.
    - dhimes 14y ago
      The thing that says, "Possible duplicate?" Once they confirm it they should change the wording to say "Duplicate" if that's the one they mean. It just looks like it's unfinished this way.
duskwuff 14y ago
Closed as a duplicate of this equivalent question, which has an equally good answer: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/871505/ http://stackoverflow.com/questions/871505/ Which is, itself a duplicate of this question, which has an even better answer: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3146798/ http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3146798/
- deleted 14y ago
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_pmf_ 14y ago
Wikipedia has shown us what ridiculous bureaucracy does to a community; it's sad that Stackoverflow has been turned into a utterly useless site despite the lessons that could have been learned from Wikipedia.
- T-hawk 14y ago
  It's the Iron Law of Bureaucracy, coined in that form by Jerry Pournelle. http://www.jerrypournelle.com/reports/jerryp/iron.html http://www.jerrypournelle.com/reports/jerryp/iron.html Every organization becomes controlled by those who serve the organization itself, as opposed to those who perform the actual goal or service of the organization. Schools are controlled by administrators, not the teachers. Wikipedia and other community-sourced internet sites are run by those who desired to acquire power over Wikipedia, not by those who desire to contribute content.
- icebraining 14y ago
  Stackoverflow has been turned into a utterly useless site It has? It's news to me; I'm constantly finding relevant, useful information whenever I search for almost anything in the area of software development.

Really, the knee-jerk response to every single closed question on SO isn't terribly useful. First off, you can still read the question and vote on answers. Since there are already several answers, adding another one would not be very useful anyhow. Moreover, it's closed as a duplicate. There's an essentially identical question--with essentially the same answer--that's quite a bit older. It makes sense to point people to it so that there's one centralized resource on the topic.

dhimes 14y ago
As a duplicate of What??? That's always been my question. I've found it beyond dumb that they don't put the thing they want you to go to at that message. And, they should make it look like a link. Just my $0.02.
- tikhonj 14y ago
  There's a link at the top of the question, in a gray box. However, I certainly see how it would be useful to have the link in the closed message as well.
  - dhimes 14y ago
    The thing that says, "Possible duplicate?" Once they confirm it they should change the wording to say "Duplicate" if that's the one they mean. It just looks like it's unfinished this way.

duskwuff 14y ago

Closed as a duplicate of this equivalent question, which has an equally good answer: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/871505/ http://stackoverflow.com/questions/871505/ Which is, itself a duplicate of this question, which has an even better answer: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3146798/ http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3146798/

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_pmf_ 14y ago

Wikipedia has shown us what ridiculous bureaucracy does to a community; it's sad that Stackoverflow has been turned into a utterly useless site despite the lessons that could have been learned from Wikipedia.

T-hawk 14y ago
It's the Iron Law of Bureaucracy, coined in that form by Jerry Pournelle. http://www.jerrypournelle.com/reports/jerryp/iron.html http://www.jerrypournelle.com/reports/jerryp/iron.html Every organization becomes controlled by those who serve the organization itself, as opposed to those who perform the actual goal or service of the organization. Schools are controlled by administrators, not the teachers. Wikipedia and other community-sourced internet sites are run by those who desired to acquire power over Wikipedia, not by those who desire to contribute content.
icebraining 14y ago
Stackoverflow has been turned into a utterly useless site It has? It's news to me; I'm constantly finding relevant, useful information whenever I search for almost anything in the area of software development.