Timeline for answer to Why the backlash against poor questions? by Robert Harvey
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| Aug 18, 2015 at 14:42 | comment | added | Robert Harvey Mod | @nocomprende: We already conducted that experiment. Sadly, it didn't work out. | |
| Aug 18, 2015 at 14:37 | comment | added | user4624979 | I see plenty of non-experts here. There is a site. If all the experts migrated away, would the site vanish? How many denominations of Protestantism are there in your phone book? I counted 47 once. | |
| Aug 18, 2015 at 14:35 | comment | added | Robert Harvey Mod | @nocomprende: The experts would never go there. Without experts, there is no site. | |
| Aug 18, 2015 at 13:58 | comment | added | user4624979 | So spawn another site for less professional users. Done. | |
| May 12, 2014 at 18:53 | comment | added | Mike Perrenoud | @RobertHarvey: +1; but it's really a volume issue right? It's like trying to determine why there are more successful viruses on Windows vs. Mac. Well, almost all hackers are writing for Windows because they own almost all of the market share. Likewise, programming (C# especially) is a high volume, high interest, topic. I do agree with you 100%, but I have a different spin on it as well in an answer I've posted. | |
| May 11, 2014 at 14:19 | comment | added | Robert Harvey Mod | Read this: catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html. Then, check out mathoverflow.net or cstheory.stackexchange.com, where the level of noise is almost zero. | |
| May 11, 2014 at 14:16 | comment | added | schmop | Could you explain how "suckiness" is increasing? What is the actual impact of bad questions, concretely? In what usage scenario is the experience worse than before? | |
| May 11, 2014 at 14:08 | comment | added | Robert Harvey Mod | How would you measure that exactly, other than "relative degree of suckiness?" Why should I wade around in a mosh pit to find a quarter, when I can look in a drawer instead? | |
| May 11, 2014 at 14:07 | comment | added | schmop | The whole point of Stack Overflow is to collect useful programming information Is there any concrete metric showing that this criteria is no longer being met? For me, the usefulness of SO is constantly growing and I do not see a decline. Despite the poor questions. | |
| May 11, 2014 at 14:04 | history | answered | Robert HarveyMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |