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by untilHellbanned
4235 days ago
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> so it's not ideal if the solution set is actually so comprehensive that it raises the bar for getting involved. This is precisely what I'm concerned about. I also love SE MASSIVELY. But it does seem like there is a natural ceiling on the service which doesn't afflict others like wikipedia or facebook where content can be generated endlessly. > But I'm not too worried. SO still gets over ten thousand questions per day > focused on how we can make it easier for new users to get involved "still" seems like the operative word. My question hinted at whether new content on the site was "still" accelerating. My very hand-wavy feeling is it isn't because everybody including newcomers are getting the vibe that everything is already solved (Swift, etc. always being a drop in the bucket compared to JS/PHP questions). I've made the transition from low rep to decent rep (>5,000), and am finding my incentive to participate go down as more questions & answers seem barren and I get increasingly thwarted by militant members of the community. |
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Software development, languages, toolkits, libraries, and frameworks are constantly evolving; there will always be new questions to answer, but they will require you to develop knowledge of those systems ahead of those asking the questions.
The really good questions are usually few and far between, but that's generally because the sorts of people who ask really good questions tend to be the kinds of people who are able to discover the solution without resorting to SO.