P.S. I found your Pharo questions http://stackoverflow.com/search?q=user%3A35306+[pharo]
28 of them. Maybe this is a case http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13788585/smalltalk-binding/13789481#13789481 "Smalltalk binding" Your answer has 0 points, the accepted anwer given by Hernan has 5 points. On 9/23/13, H. Hirzel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Stephan > > On 9/23/13, 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. > > http://stackoverflow.com/search?q=Stephan+Eggermont > 5 questions, all three years ago? No Pharo question. > > Or do you use a nick name these days? > > And where are the closed Pharo stackoverflow questions? > >> Getting voted on by >> majority views is not exactly what we need. Especially not in >> a cargo-cult driven profession. > > And what is Pharo? A closed sect with people who think everybody else > is clueless and does not want to operate _the_ open space about > programming questions? There are other small communities on > stackoverflow. For example XSL-FO, a technology which has been around > for a long time, good concepts, has mature tools, is useful but still > is not popular. > > The main thing is not about voting but about the person who asks > accepting the answer. And that is often the answer which later on gets > votes. > > The accepted answer is likely the answer which solves the programming > problem asked. > And the questions are well organized. The existing pool of 283 Pharo > questions is a useful resource. More useful that searching through the > mailing list archive. > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/pharo > >>> >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. > > Could you give some examples, please? > >>> 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. > > It depends on which tag set you operate in. > I doubt that this applies to a question tagged 'Pharo'. Proper tagging > is important to frame the question properly. > >>> Why? >> >> Because stackoverflow is an opinion site, dominated by popularity. > > Yes, popular languages and thus the questions about them get a lot of > reputation points. > But that is not all that important. The important thing is that you > can organize programming questions in a good way and solve them > nicely. And the content is under a creative common license, thus may > he "harvested" for a FAQ list. > >> Nobody says an answer has to be right. Like I said, take a look at >> questions on OODBs. > > We are not talking about OODBs where it is natural that divergent > opinions come in but about Smalltalk programming which is a well > established mature programming technology, has acceptance of being > "useful" (but only for 'specialists' as the general opinion goes) and > thus has a narrow focus. So the subcommunity can operate quite > unhampered in stackoverflow.... :-) > >>> >The ranking system is heavily skewed towards popular languages. > > Sure, but is this a problem? There are 1000 million speakers of > Chinese and I still did not learn Chinese yet. > >>> 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. > > You mean by having questions on stackoverflow and the mailing list? > > Let me summarize: Nobody forces you to operate on stackoverflow, but I > consider both, the mailing list and stackoverflow, as useful. And some > cross-referencing might be useful. > > --Hannes > > > P.S. It is easy to monitor what is happening on stackoverflow > regarding 'Pharo' even if you do not want to participate. > > Just visit > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/pharo > from time to time. >
