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The issues appear to be symptoms of the gamification employed by the site. There are users with high scores that are eager to protect their position, and domin
by totalforge 13y ago
The issues appear to be symptoms of the gamification employed by the site. There are users with high scores that are eager to protect their position, and dominance of their particular subject area. These users are putting their scores on their resumes and online profiles to advance their careers. You could create your own new stack overflow site focused on helping beginners.
- V-2 13y agoAnd quite how would overzealous closing of simple questions help to "protect their position"? If anything, answering them is the easiest way to score more points.
- nnoitra 13y agoPersonally I like Quora. It has a community feel to it. Has a ton of smart programmers who aren't arrogant with beginners. I really think that Quora is the future of knowledge sharing.
- pearjuice 13y agoContent discovery on Quora is hard. I only come there once a week when they send me their perfectly fine tuned weekly dose of content related to my interests. I wish I could view a live stream of that, on their website.