StackOverflow Alternative
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Now that StackOverflow is self-destructing, it seems to me that it would be a good time for someone to create a competitor. I don't have the time or the patience to do that. But I am curious, if you could design a competing site, what would it look like? What would you do different?
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@slapout1 Remove pretty much all gamification. Write a CoC based off common sense. Not removing/editing questions and answers without very good reason to do so.
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Currently in progress over here.
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@Mason_Wheeler Will it have blackjack and hookers?
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People can just post here and we'll tell them what they're asking is a stupid question.
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@loopback0 said in StackOverflow Alternative:
People can just post here and we'll tell them what they're asking is a stupid question.
Yes, but we don't have any way to mark questions as duplicates and shut down down conversation about it.
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I'm sure mods could figure out a way, but fortunately they're
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@powerlord said in StackOverflow Alternative:
@loopback0 said in StackOverflow Alternative:
People can just post here and we'll tell them what they're asking is a stupid question.
Yes, but we don't have any way to mark questions as duplicates and shut down down conversation about it.
Nah, here we just troll the bejeezus out of everyone instead.
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@error unlikely. Lots of the people in there are extreme fsf types. I don't think those tend to approve of fun, because it might not be licensed permissively enough.
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@error said in StackOverflow Alternative:
@Mason_Wheeler Will it have blackjack and hookers?
Well..... I know how to deal blackjack..... and i do enjoy that, quite a lot really, but i made a promise to my brother to stay out of the family business so I couldn't accept any payment for that.
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@powerlord said in StackOverflow Alternative:
@loopback0 said in StackOverflow Alternative:
People can just post here and we'll tell them what they're asking is a stupid question.
Yes, but we don't have any way to mark questions as duplicates and shut down down conversation about it.
Well, within a couple posts they're not duplicates anymore and we've answered an entirely different (unasked) question!
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@Vixen said in StackOverflow Alternative:
I couldn't accept any payment for that.
So.,.. it's free? Well then, keep it coming!
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@dcon said in StackOverflow Alternative:
answered an entirely different (unasked) question!
To be fair, this happens on SO as well. The process is a bit different at times (i.e., edit question into oblivion, or just straight up ignore parts of it).
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I already posted my thoughts in the other thread.
Still haven't bothered to get a Discord account...
