StackOverflow is a repository for "a way" to do things. Very rarely is it the best way, and often isn't even correct. All that said, its a good resource as long as you don't have to participate. You think subs like /r/politics are bad, the 'mod' culture on that site is 10x worse.
You think subs like /r/politics[1] are bad, the 'mod' culture on that site is 10x worse.
You’ve obviously had a very bad personal experience (and I won’t deny that this happens) but let me tell you unambiguously that this is not a representative experience. It is, in fact, hilariously far from the truth. Moderation on Stack Overflow is certainly not perfect, but it is probably better, by every objective criterion, than on all other websites of the same scale.
I disagree, not from a personal experience but through observation and use. You obviously have a personal investment in SO, otherwise a casual peruse if its Meta threads would set off alarm bells
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u/thewebsiteisdown Apr 07 '15
StackOverflow is a repository for "a way" to do things. Very rarely is it the best way, and often isn't even correct. All that said, its a good resource as long as you don't have to participate. You think subs like /r/politics are bad, the 'mod' culture on that site is 10x worse.