Wasn't there a stack exchange for Nuke which Hugh from Nvisible setup 5-6 years ago? I have a feeling it was discontinued because of not enough use.
On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 11:00 AM, Nathan Rusch <nathan_ru...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the perspective Howard, and apologies for veering a bit into > curmudgeon territory with my response. The main point I was trying to make > is that I don't think the Nuke community is a great fit for a StackExchange > environment *precisely because* of the high concentration of basic > questions from new users. As you mentioned, Stack* can be perceived as > somewhat exclusionary toward new users by discouraging them from asking > questions that have already been asked, which subsequently prevents them > from really getting involved in anything more than a passive capacity. > > The fragmentation becomes problematic if people who can answer questions > aren't interested in keeping track of three different communities all the > time, and similarly, if the people who are asking questions don't feel like > posting them in three different places (and monitoring them for answers). > Generally, there are quite a few people who can (and do) provide answers > for the basic stuff, but once the questions hit a certain technical > threshold, the only people who can answer them are Foundry employees (or > people who have already gotten answers from them). Thus, unless some of the > Foundry devs and/or support people take it upon themselves to keep abreast > of the StackExchange site as well, it may go wanting for higher-level > questions (and possibly users as a consequence). > > > -Nathan > > > *From:* Howard Jones <mrhowardjo...@yahoo.com> > *Sent:* Thursday, February 25, 2016 2:36 PM > *To:* Nuke user discussion <nuke-users@support.thefoundry.co.uk> > *Subject:* Re: [Nuke-users] Nuke Stack Exchange Proposal > > Personally I don't mind the dumb questions. I've done enough of them > myself but also I have noticed that this also helps develop a new > generation (I'm getting old) of users who have the confidence to answer > these questions. > > I'm for this as it is a way to spread knowledge. > > What I don't like about stackoverflow is when researching something myself > I often see people berated for their question in which the berator could > have answered in less time than it took to er... berate them. > > Also I have had to read all this to find out my question isn't answered. > > I'm all for quality questions and I'm for not fragmenting the list, but > I'm not for having a list that discourages newbies on finding their feet in > a forum. > > I know I have sometimes given a short comment but it's not something I'd > mean to do. > > I think quality answers are the key. > > There, a reply of length that even Henrik might be proud of ;) > > Howard > > > _______________________________________________ > Nuke-users mailing list > Nuke-users@support.thefoundry.co.uk, http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ > http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >
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