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At least 50% of the time on SO, the best answer is 3rd or worse, and I'm always thinking, "Why is this not the top answer?"
by suzzer99 2mo ago
At least 50% of the time on SO, the best answer is 3rd or worse, and I'm always thinking, "Why is this not the top answer?"
- puchatek 2mo agoI might even find an upside in that if it wasn't for the fact that this stolen crowd sourced knowledge will be used to make some billionaires even richer.
- nottorp 2mo agoBecause the person who asked the question has accepted the first answer that looked decent enough and moved on. Usually the most superficial, not that it's always a bad thing. Oh, also on SO there's this kind of exchange: Q: "I want to do X because of this and that - or because I simply fucking want to". A: You should never do X, do Y or Z instead.
- badc0ffee 2mo agoThe "that's a XY problem" guys always seem to think they're the smartest in the room.
- blt 2mo agoimo this was the single worst problem with SO, people always searching for the XY problem in every question instead of taking it at face value
- nottorp 2mo agoMostly I'd say their downfall was that they encouraged copypasta material and actively discouraged any kind of behaviour that would have built a community.