[crispyambulance]

SO is OK for very narrow questions that have concrete definitive answers. Unfortunately, SO's self-appointed police force will shut people down for any deviation from "the rules" (as they interpret them), or sometimes for no reason at all.

Github issues, on the other hand, seems to be receptive to open-ended "why" questions which would be smacked down hard on SO. Github has a higher barrier to entry. You have to know where to go, but if you're in the right place it's a much nicer community with more classy and professional conduct. Also, it doesn't have a gamification aspect to it, unlike SO, and thus fewer irritating/persnickety types are attracted to Github because they can't really score points.

[robertlagrant]

One's about discussions; the other isn't.

[crispyambulance]

Sure, but BOTH about solving problems and getting answers. That's the important thing.

The culture of SO become incredibly weird and IMHO will eventually sink it.

[robertlagrant]

If you zoom out far enough you can always find a shared level of abstraction, but I don't think that's helpful.