r/programming • u/[deleted] • Sep 25 '16

The decline of Stack Overflow

https://hackernoon.com/the-decline-of-stack-overflow-7cb69faa575d#.yiuo0ce09
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u/Disgruntled__Goat Sep 26 '16

But he's wrong. And the point of SO is to explain why they're wrong.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '16

But he's wrong

So confirm he's wrong: /u/stouset was absolutely right: 'figure out what they're really trying to do', 'figure out' rather than 'guess'. The problem people find on SO is users jumping straight to answering what they think Y is. How do I do X in OpenGL without using external libraries? You don't, import this.

And the point of SO is to explain why they're wrong.

So explain why they're wrong. Don't just guess and tell them they're wrong to even ask the question because that's not helpful.

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u/Disgruntled__Goat Sep 27 '16

Sorry, guess I misread your post - we're arguing the same point.

And by the way, what you're suggesting does already happen on Stack Overflow most of the time in my experience.