Yeah StackOverflow has serious issues with moderation but still that does not change the fact that is a popular site where tons of developers go there to find answers to their questions. I asked my own questions on SO about Pharo and so far I have not been disappointed.
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 4:54 PM, Stephan Eggermont <step...@stack.nl> wrote: > Serge wrote: > >Shall we move the discussion to pharo-users instead ? > > Yep. > > >I was not aware of that. Do you have recent examples about this behaviour > ? > > The last closed question was fine. Flagging it just gets clueless > moderator replies: > "declined - The question really needs to be fleshed out. > Including the code for the rectangle morph would help a lot." > > An earlier one was > Command pattern in smalltalk [closed] (you might not be able to see that > as it was deleted). > > Of the 10 most popular smalltalk questions, at least 8 would be closed > using current moderation standards. > > There is not 1 question from last year amongst the 50 most popular > questions. > In the top 100 there are 2, and the most popular one is about Objective C. > The most popular question from last year gets 7 votes. That means there are > not enough smalltalkers on SO to be able to reopen questions. > > The gaming system basically values popularity of answers, > not correctness. It reinforces majority choices. > > Phil wrote: > >Traffic increases as a sign of traction/engagement and we want to silence > things. Yeah sure. > > > >Put a tag in the title and filter on that. > > Some channels are more effective than others. > Stackoverflow is not an effective channel. > > Ignoring it is not smart. > Answer questions and point people to the > mailing lists. > > Stephan > > >
