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    I've been thinking a lot of how to re-design SO and the whole experience. Because the current format is not quite right. We're supposedly like Wikipedia but we really, really aren't as well. What I've sort of come to is probably have the Q&A site as one section, then synthesise the information of a Q&A (or multiple) into some sort of article format. No more "my answer". The article would be about how to do something, the content of it will go over different approaches. An approach might come from multiple answers that are similar. Commented Jan 28, 2025 at 18:27
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    Of course, this is a drastic change. It does mean voting is no longer relevant for the articles produced. Which, to be honest, was my goal. I am becoming more and more convinced that voting just doesn't work. Old content tends to get more votes, not necessarily because it's better. However, it's also not totally without merit, either. It's difficult. Pretty sure my idea would never be implemented. However, it has been fun to muse about it. Commented Jan 28, 2025 at 18:29
  • I agree that scope is complex to understand. that affects anyone who wants to ask a question. also, for curation, when to perform what moderation action (which flag, which review action, etc.) Commented Jan 28, 2025 at 20:49
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    @VLAZ "...Pretty sure my idea would never be implemented...." Maybe not here, maybe somewhere else. Or it already exists. Sounds to me a bit like a specialized Wikipedia for programmers. After all they don't vote (how can they even live like this) and they write articles about common topics. Or maybe, if the articles are only written by single persons something like medium.com Commented Jan 28, 2025 at 21:55