Why SO sucks today.
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harold aptroot wrote:
Also, people will upvote bad or not-especially-good answers just because they were posted by a well-known person
Thinks.............. Where have I seen that sort of thing before????
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And pretty much all other days. People will downvote other answers, just so theirs rises to the top. Also, people will upvote bad or not-especially-good answers just because they were posted by a well-known person.
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And pretty much all other days. People will downvote other answers, just so theirs rises to the top. Also, people will upvote bad or not-especially-good answers just because they were posted by a well-known person.
I don't feel this in my daily use of SO, but maybe that's just me. For myself, I'm trying to get the 'sportsmanship' badge: http://stackoverflow.com/badges/805/sportsmanship[^] :D
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Why do you play the game then?
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I don't feel this in my daily use of SO, but maybe that's just me. For myself, I'm trying to get the 'sportsmanship' badge: http://stackoverflow.com/badges/805/sportsmanship[^] :D
'As programmers go, I'm fairly social. Which still means I'm a borderline sociopath by normal standards.' Jeff Atwood 'I'm French! Why do you think I've got this outrrrrageous accent?' Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Is that for shooting trolls?
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Is that for shooting trolls?
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
Nah, there are other badges for that: http://stackoverflow.com/badges/1002/deputy[^] and http://stackoverflow.com/badges/1298/marshal[^] ;)
'As programmers go, I'm fairly social. Which still means I'm a borderline sociopath by normal standards.' Jeff Atwood 'I'm French! Why do you think I've got this outrrrrageous accent?' Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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Is that for shooting trolls?
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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That, I wholly agree with :thumbsup:
'As programmers go, I'm fairly social. Which still means I'm a borderline sociopath by normal standards.' Jeff Atwood 'I'm French! Why do you think I've got this outrrrrageous accent?' Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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And pretty much all other days. People will downvote other answers, just so theirs rises to the top. Also, people will upvote bad or not-especially-good answers just because they were posted by a well-known person.
harold aptroot wrote:
people will upvote bad or not-especially-good answers just because they were
from their own country/nationality/ethnic group, etc.
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And pretty much all other days. People will downvote other answers, just so theirs rises to the top. Also, people will upvote bad or not-especially-good answers just because they were posted by a well-known person.
Sounds like CP
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@harold aptroot - I think this comment as a broad statement is a tad unfair. Speaking personally as someone who is now diving into the obj-c world, I've found there have been so many game-changing additions to the language & tools lately that you sometimes need a place like SO to clarify what the hell is going on - it feels like quicksand. And SO is a good resource for getting best practice advice too. I think that if the people writing the tutorials & blogs that "googling" uncovers would specify exactly what they're writing about, then their much appreciated hard work would be so much more beneficial to those they're trying to help. Using obj-c as an example, there can be much difference in the approach between Xcode versions, a different interface design approach with or without storyboards, much difference in the code between retain-release/GC/ARC, & capability differences depending on the deployment target set. Add all those variables together & us new-language noobs feel swamped! In the end, I know I'll be better for it, but as a noob it can be confusing. Have a great xmas! :)