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by bsder
2552 days ago
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> Tschallacka is right, it seems the be part of the normal lifecycle of most online sites/apps. I wish they would provoke a competitor. The number of stale, useless answers on SO is getting quite large. I suspect the only way to flush that out is to start a new site. |
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How many people are investing in new Web 2.0 companies? How many feel that it is a viable business model on its own?
I've seen a dozen attempts at creating a new Stack Overflow (often based on some perceived need that SO isn't providing for - https://www.askquestions.tech was the most recent that I'm familiar with one that was created when two twitter groups clashed).
The challenge is in the curation of the material. Its easy to do when it's small and focused. Unfortunately, in today's world there are some that perceive the curation as being a slight on how they write and their personal identity is tied up in what they write and their own code (I recall one SO user who insisted on writing with the start of the sentence and proper nouns and pronouns being lower case).
I believe that much of the technical world is disappearing into slack and similar. Particular technologies are being answered on Slack where it is understood that there is no history to search and others are disappearing to private invite only communities where the material doesn't need to be curated or moderated because it is only that small social group.
Is the slackhole of knowledge a good thing? Probably not. But it's easier to moderate and curate than having a website with a long tail and a small core group. There is less friction around asking questions or providing answers. People aren't inspired by gamification to the degree that they are on SO. There isn't any resume growth when helping people - and so that incentive is gone. It is just people helping others when they need it.