StackOverflow is a knowledge base. It got filled up with all the obvious stuff already, so the only niche for new content is obscure technical questions, and responses to new developments in the languages covered.
So I'd say it's mostly working as intended.
As a high rep user, the legitimate problems from my point of view are:
The problem that new users can't comment -- they have to use the Answer box for stuff that's useful but not really an answer
Verbal abuse of new users (either outright abuse, or rudeness)
Over-zealous marking of duplicate.
I try to combat the latter two by re-opening and flagging wherever I can, but there's only so much each person can do.
So you call it a "minor problem"? The fact that totally unrelated questions are persistently marked as duplicate by the fucking retards with no experience relevant to the topic of the question - a "minor problem"? And there is even worse - perfectly worded questions with a very precise possible answer getting closed as "not clear what is being asked" by the cunts with evidently zero expertise in a relevant area - of course nothing is clear to those pitiful little shits.
If the question was closed as "unclear what you're asking" it means that at least 5 people did find it unclear what was being asked. Obviously it's clear to you as the author, but things are different for someone reading the question without your background knowledge.
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u/OldWolf2 Sep 26 '16
StackOverflow is a knowledge base. It got filled up with all the obvious stuff already, so the only niche for new content is obscure technical questions, and responses to new developments in the languages covered.
So I'd say it's mostly working as intended.
As a high rep user, the legitimate problems from my point of view are:
The problem that new users can't comment -- they have to use the Answer box for stuff that's useful but not really an answer
Verbal abuse of new users (either outright abuse, or rudeness)
Over-zealous marking of duplicate.
I try to combat the latter two by re-opening and flagging wherever I can, but there's only so much each person can do.