Timeline for answer to Should we stop closing questions? by MisterMiyagi
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| Feb 3 at 17:30 | comment | added | Domino | @BenVoigt That, I can agree with. In my past experience, clarifying the purpose of SO often helped new users improve their questions and get answers. My stance could be summarized with this allegory: I'm okay with replacing every part of the ship over time if it keeps sailing in the same direction, but yeah, maybe don't give it wheels. | |
| Jan 28 at 16:06 | comment | added | TylerH | "When cars gained traction and started competing against horses, you would not have brought your trusted old crock to the chop shop to replace his legs with wheels." I mean, if my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a bike... | |
| Jan 26 at 17:19 | comment | added | Ben Voigt | @Domino: Preserving the legacy of SO is the best way to maximize its usefulness. A lot of the decline is a direct result of moving away from the original focused goals. A site that tries to be everything for all users is a site that does nothing well. At the beginning, there was a clear message from the founders that "Our scope will exclude many programming questions that are worth asking and discussing. That is ok; those questions can be addressed somewhere else. We are not trying to be the sole repository of knowledge on the entire internet." That clarity is gone. | |
| Jan 24 at 3:32 | comment | added | Domino | It's a good idea to remind people not to worry about the system more than the people using it. But then again, reading this post makes it seem like you want to protect the legacy and honor of SO instead of changing it into something else. I think that too would be serving a system instead of people. | |
| Jan 12 at 16:25 | comment | added | Thingamabobs | I can't share your view. Either you are saying the idea is good and worth building, thus worth saving or you don't think it is. You can't have both. I read your statement as "It's a good idea, but I don't mind if it dies." I mean, while I can imagine a world without SO, it is not a better world. So why don't even try ? | |
| Jan 12 at 11:55 | history | edited | cafce25 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
high signal to low noise is what people are after, not a low signal to high noise
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| Jan 12 at 10:07 | comment | added | Gert Arnold | I agree, although I have a hard time facing it. Too bad. We had fun here. | |
| Jan 12 at 9:38 | history | answered | MisterMiyagi | CC BY-SA 4.0 |