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Really hate the separate sites thing. I use a half dozen of them and they are computer related, so it is a pain in the ass always having to register and not bei

by lnanek2 12y ago

Really hate the separate sites thing. I use a half dozen of them and they are computer related, so it is a pain in the ass always having to register and not being allowed to comment/answer at first, etc.. They have a few improvements now like importing your profile from other sites, but they shouldn't even have so many separate sites in the first place, just a tag or a category or something.

recursive 12y ago
You get +100 rep bonus for linking your accounts, so you shouldn't have a problem being allowed to comment.
- JelteF 12y ago
  You do need to have more than 200 rep on one site though.
  - r00fus 12y ago
    Which one? I'm a full member on all the StackExchange sites I care about for now with the +100 cross-membership bonus.
    - iancarroll 12y ago
      In order to get the +100 bonus on all sites, you must have one profile on the network with >200 reputation.
- rayshan 12y ago
  How? I can't seem to find this option in account admin panels.
  - zo1 12y ago
    It happens automatically, if I remember correctly.
  - recursive 12y ago
    It happens automatically when you use the same account on multiple SE sites.
mbesto 12y ago
There is a deliberate reason the sites are split. Spolsky talks about in depth here: http://vimeo.com/37309773 http://vimeo.com/37309773 Since it's largely sociological, it's also the reason my money is on SE as opposed to Quora in this space.
- bduerst 12y ago
  Thanks - that's a great watch. Essentially they're trying to keep SE from becoming a "chat" community, and keep it focused on being a Q&A community. With Yahoo Answers, Usenets, even Subreddits, you have people having conversations within posts, which generates noise for people who were looking for answers to questions.
  - judk 12y ago
    SE has chat forums now, integrated with the main Q&A forums.
ProAm 12y ago
I agree. Diffuses the quality of the related sites. Means you have to deal with twice as many moderators. I dont see why they couldnt have done a "subreddit' approach where you subscribe to the SE category you want and it shows on your homepage.
- icebraining 12y ago
  Hum, each subreddit has its own moderators as well. They also have a front page with questions from the different sites[1], though it's not filtered by the ones you have an account on. [1] http://stackexchange.com/ http://stackexchange.com/
  - shurcooL 12y ago
    But you don't need to create new accounts with different passwords, and login/logout separately whenever you navigate between subreddits.
    - icebraining 12y ago
      You don't need to create accounts with different passwords on SE sites either. In fact, SE has pushed for single sign-on like probably no other large site did.
      - ProAm 12y ago
        But you still have to go to a different site to have any hope of getting the chance to ask your question. It'd be like going to Home Depot and needing information that is related to building supplies but the employees tell you you must go to a different store down the street to even ask your question.
        icebraining 12y ago
        On Reddit you have to post separately on different subreddits, there's no way to simply "post to Reddit" either. I don't agree with your analogy; I think it's more akin to going to Home Depot to ask for vegetables. I think it makes perfect sense to have a separation between Cooking.SE, Photography.SE, Christianity.SE, etc. There are a few edge cases, primarily in the tech sites, but I don't think those disprove the model.

by lnanek2 12y ago

recursive 12y ago

You get +100 rep bonus for linking your accounts, so you shouldn't have a problem being allowed to comment.

JelteF 12y ago
You do need to have more than 200 rep on one site though.
- r00fus 12y ago
  Which one? I'm a full member on all the StackExchange sites I care about for now with the +100 cross-membership bonus.
  - iancarroll 12y ago
    In order to get the +100 bonus on all sites, you must have one profile on the network with >200 reputation.
rayshan 12y ago
How? I can't seem to find this option in account admin panels.
- zo1 12y ago
  It happens automatically, if I remember correctly.
- recursive 12y ago
  It happens automatically when you use the same account on multiple SE sites.

mbesto 12y ago

There is a deliberate reason the sites are split. Spolsky talks about in depth here: http://vimeo.com/37309773 http://vimeo.com/37309773 Since it's largely sociological, it's also the reason my money is on SE as opposed to Quora in this space.

bduerst 12y ago
Thanks - that's a great watch. Essentially they're trying to keep SE from becoming a "chat" community, and keep it focused on being a Q&A community. With Yahoo Answers, Usenets, even Subreddits, you have people having conversations within posts, which generates noise for people who were looking for answers to questions.
- judk 12y ago
  SE has chat forums now, integrated with the main Q&A forums.

ProAm 12y ago

I agree. Diffuses the quality of the related sites. Means you have to deal with twice as many moderators. I dont see why they couldnt have done a "subreddit' approach where you subscribe to the SE category you want and it shows on your homepage.

icebraining 12y ago
Hum, each subreddit has its own moderators as well. They also have a front page with questions from the different sites[1], though it's not filtered by the ones you have an account on. [1] http://stackexchange.com/ http://stackexchange.com/
- shurcooL 12y ago
  But you don't need to create new accounts with different passwords, and login/logout separately whenever you navigate between subreddits.
  - icebraining 12y ago
    You don't need to create accounts with different passwords on SE sites either. In fact, SE has pushed for single sign-on like probably no other large site did.
    - ProAm 12y ago
      But you still have to go to a different site to have any hope of getting the chance to ask your question. It'd be like going to Home Depot and needing information that is related to building supplies but the employees tell you you must go to a different store down the street to even ask your question.
      - icebraining 12y ago
        On Reddit you have to post separately on different subreddits, there's no way to simply "post to Reddit" either. I don't agree with your analogy; I think it's more akin to going to Home Depot to ask for vegetables. I think it makes perfect sense to have a separation between Cooking.SE, Photography.SE, Christianity.SE, etc. There are a few edge cases, primarily in the tech sites, but I don't think those disprove the model.