On Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at 3:13:04 PM UTC-7, Ben Lawrence wrote: > > So, I am wondering how the web2py developers feel about StackOverflow? > > My understanding is that web2py questions should be asked here at > web2py-users... is it because there is some commercial gain (advertising) > at SO? I don't mind using either... >
More likely it is, as Anthony hints at below, most of the power users are over here, and there's less monitoring of SO by those who know answers. Build up the core group a little larger, and splitting it's attention will be easier. /dps > > > On Thursday, October 6, 2011 at 9:39:38 AM UTC-7, Anthony wrote: >> >> Well, it's possible that at some point Google Groups will include Q&A >> functionality, as alluded to at the end of this announcement: >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/googlegroups-announce/2ccywee6dE4/discussion >> . >> >> The idea for the new web2pyslices.com was that it would include Q&A >> functionality as well, though not sure if/when to expect that. >> >> As already noted, one benefit of SO is that it increases the public >> exposure of web2py. I try to monitor it and answer questions, but it's not >> quite as easy to stay on top of posts -- even though I'm following the >> "web2py" tag, it typically takes from several hours up to a full day before >> I receive email alerts about new questions posted. >> >> Anthony >> >> On Thursday, October 6, 2011 11:39:56 AM UTC-4, monotasker wrote: >>> >>> I may be different than others, but SO is usually the first place I go >>> with questions. I asked my first couple of web2py questions on SO and then >>> was steered here. Massimo seems to point people here quite deliberately >>> when they post questions on SO, and the web2py site (as well as the book) >>> points people here as *the* place for support and discussion. So I suspect >>> that simply stating that SO is the preferred forum for how-to and >>> problem-solving questions would largely do the trick. >>> >>> I do see what you mean about possibly dissipating answers. I guess the >>> issue would be having to watch two forums instead of one. I wonder whether >>> that's why Massimo has emphasized this group as a one-stop-shop--so that >>> it's a more manageable workflow for him. As the community grows, though, I >>> wonder whether a shift will actually help to reduce the "noise" of repeated >>> answers. >>> >>> Yes, it's easy to filter questions here. But I find that I still often >>> have to read through scores of answers before realizing that my particular >>> question hasn't been answered yet. >>> >> -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
