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I wholeheartedly agree. I've seen some really good questions buried/closed prematurely because of this overzealous policing. I'm not really sure what the other

by gtaylor 13y ago

I wholeheartedly agree. I've seen some really good questions buried/closed prematurely because of this overzealous policing. I'm not really sure what the other options are, though. Quora? Other web communities that are specific to whatever topic you have questions about? It's a shame, because I otherwise really like Stack Exchange's layout and mechanics as a whole (as someone mostly Googling around for existing questions/answers).

pavel_lishin 13y ago
> I'm not really sure what the other options are, though. Quora? There are various AskReddit clones, and various subreddits dedicated to culling the "best of". However, this is pretty hit or miss, and just searching for content is pretty hard.
- Houshalter 13y ago
  Askreddit has become pretty much /r/tellMeStories. /r/explainlikeimfive has, unfortunately, become what you are looking for.
dionidium 13y ago
Right. Stackoverflow is still the best option for dozens of reasons. I love it. But the deletionism is stupid. More than that: it's stupid religion. The people who think it is necessary never provide any evidence for its effectiveness. They claim it influences future questions. Again, I have never seen a single piece of evidence that this is true. It just feels true to them, so it's true. QED.
babuskov 13y ago
FWIW, I got fed up with this, and I spent last month building a completely open platform for programmers to come and chat about anything. It will still have a topic+answers format, but everything is allowed - let the community vote stuff up and down. It has reputation points, but no "achievements" yet. I'm not sure those are needed. The site design is clean and simple, no clutter. It is built with Bootstrap 3, so it looks ok on mobile. Stuff like image and video uploading works as well, with integrated video player (using ffmpeg for conversion). It has a social-network aspect: you can connect with other members or have private conversation. I soon plan to launch the website and I'll post the complete source code (sans passwords) on GitHub under GPL license. If you're interested to know when it launches, please e-mail me (it's in my profile):

by gtaylor 13y ago

pavel_lishin 13y ago

> I'm not really sure what the other options are, though. Quora? There are various AskReddit clones, and various subreddits dedicated to culling the "best of". However, this is pretty hit or miss, and just searching for content is pretty hard.

Houshalter 13y ago
Askreddit has become pretty much /r/tellMeStories. /r/explainlikeimfive has, unfortunately, become what you are looking for.

dionidium 13y ago

Right. Stackoverflow is still the best option for dozens of reasons. I love it. But the deletionism is stupid. More than that: it's stupid religion. The people who think it is necessary never provide any evidence for its effectiveness. They claim it influences future questions. Again, I have never seen a single piece of evidence that this is true. It just feels true to them, so it's true. QED.

babuskov 13y ago

FWIW, I got fed up with this, and I spent last month building a completely open platform for programmers to come and chat about anything. It will still have a topic+answers format, but everything is allowed - let the community vote stuff up and down. It has reputation points, but no "achievements" yet. I'm not sure those are needed. The site design is clean and simple, no clutter. It is built with Bootstrap 3, so it looks ok on mobile. Stuff like image and video uploading works as well, with integrated video player (using ffmpeg for conversion). It has a social-network aspect: you can connect with other members or have private conversation. I soon plan to launch the website and I'll post the complete source code (sans passwords) on GitHub under GPL license. If you're interested to know when it launches, please e-mail me (it's in my profile):