On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 3:14 PM, Mark Phillips <[email protected]> wrote: > I recently posted to stack overflow and received more and faster responses > (ie no responses from this list). When I google for an android issue, I get > lots of stack overflow response.
Along with this, I think the number of questions that warrant a novel answer are going down: i.e., I don't as frequently see questions that ask challenging technical questions that can't be looked up in API documentation. StackOverflow's android tag is generally of low quality compared to some other tags because it contains lots of people asking questions that could easily be answered by looking at the API documentation. But SO's model incentivizes people to answer these questions anyway, since they'll receive points. (Of course, SO as a community knows this and does seem to care about closing these questions actively, but it still persists.) Along with the reasons TreKing mentioned, you might also consider that over time a large knowledge base of Android answers has accumulated, meaning that new questions are less frequent. (Possible counterpoint: the API is always changing.) I think the big reason things have dropped off is that the most valuable answers were given by Android/Google's staff, who don't post as frequently. Some still post on other lists, e.g., `android-platform` or `android-security-discuss`. Kris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
