Really, Stack Overflow has become the giant site for newbies in programming,. I too, when I had got an interest in new technologies I, heard about like HTML, CSS, Java, etc., I started reading some books,. The starter pages of two books I bought included this text:
While reading this book, so many new libraries and tools might have been published and this book might not cover them, so you can use internetthe Internet to learn about them, we. We would try our best to include that in the next edition. Also, if you have some doubts or clarifications, you can get over to https://stackoverflow.com for clarifications.
Now, it was around a year ago when I searched about StackOverflowStack Overflow and joined it.
This is what I face the biggest problem here:
The community is now tired of editing, closing and duplicating questions. This is because of the new bunch (very very large bunch though) which don't care for contributing, but they need just answers. Now, I can try to split the problem to the cause.
The new users are not welcomed with that warmth. The tour page must also include a strict, but welcoming, warning that the users must include an MCVE, Researchdo research, etc. in their questions.
A major problem is also with (some) high rep users, who think they are much superior to the low rep users.
The low rep users must also think twice a hundred times before posting a new post, because they are new to the community and have much to learn.
Another major problem: The newcomers just want answers to their questions ,but don't want to contribute to the community.
What should be done now?
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The need is of better moderation tools for the time being, to clean toup low-quality posts, and then the need is of a better standard of informing the users about what the community is and how can they contribute in a better way.
EDIT: As Scott Hannen depicted in his comment, the point about the high rep users is not about all of them, and that was my personal experience when I joined Stack Overflow. Those users many-a-times (as I remember an incident including my question) get raged upon the low quality posts of the new users who don't have experience about how to ask in the community, and also leave comments that are extremely unfriendly. Again, this is my personal experience and not my motive to harm the sentiments of anyone.