If StackOverflow is dead, what is replacing it? Are people reverting to discussion groups/mail lists? Or different Q&A sites, like the aforementioned InfoQ?
(Alan Kay is right: programming really IS pop culture.) On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 9:31 AM, Stephan Eggermont <[email protected]> wrote: > Hannes wrote: > > In reply to this post by Stephan Eggermont > > On 9/23/13, Stephan Eggermont <[hidden email]> wrote: > > > Kilon wrote > > >>Here is a radical suggestion you probably don't want to hear. > > >>Close down Pharo users mailing list, redirect everyone to > stackoverflow. > > > > > > Definitely not. Stackoverflow is nearly dead, and seriously unsuitable > for > > > small languages. > > > > There are obstacles but one cannot say that it is "seriously > > unsuitable". > > I feel fully qualified to make that statement. Getting voted on by > majority views is not exactly what we need. Especially not in > a cargo-cult driven profession. > > > >Good questions will get closed by clueless people. > > Mostly if the form does not fit. > > Nope. there has been a strong change in what is deemed to be an > acceptable question on SO in the past years. And not in the right > direction. > I know several posters here who have been bitten by that. > > > And if there are Pharo people (maybe earned in another area) with > > enough reputation points this may be prevented > > That would be nice, but isn't the case. Stackoverflow doesn't work like > that. > > > > Good answers will get downvoted because they go against majority > > > views. > > > > Why? > > Because stackoverflow is an opinion site, dominated by popularity. > Nobody says an answer has to be right. Like I said, take a look at > questions on OODBs. > > > >The ranking system is heavily skewed towards popular languages. > > > > It is based on the number of hits which is naturally less in less > > popular languages. > > However subcommunities may function well in stackoverflow. > > No, not really. It means that members of subcommunities have less > rights and power. There is no value in subdividing our community > further. > > Stephan > > >
