Timeline for I keep getting lame answers on SO
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| Aug 20, 2009 at 19:16 | history | migrated | from stackoverflow.com (revisions) | ||
| Sep 12, 2008 at 0:11 | comment | added | Esteban Araya | @Rich: Good point. | |
| Sep 12, 2008 at 0:10 | comment | added | GEOCHET | @Esteban: Ultimately the site is 'ours' so we will have to make it work for us. You shouldn't take J&J's word as gospel. | |
| Sep 12, 2008 at 0:08 | comment | added | Esteban Araya | Yes, I just read the FAQ. I'm just talking about the impression I've gotten from listening to J&J. | |
| Sep 12, 2008 at 0:06 | comment | added | dF | @Esteban: actually it's the opposite-- From the official SO FAQ, beta.stackoverflow.com/faq: "No question is too trivial or too "newbie". " | |
| Sep 12, 2008 at 0:05 | comment | added | GEOCHET | @Rob Rolnick: Agreed. You must assume the lowest common denominator after all. The burden is on the question poster to make his/her diligence known. | |
| Sep 12, 2008 at 0:03 | comment | added | user131707 | But how do you differentiate the "obvious stuff?" I mean you do have askers who don't use google first. | |
| Sep 12, 2008 at 0:02 | comment | added | Esteban Araya | Bobby Jack said: "J&J wanted this site to be the place for answers to certain questions. That ain't gonna happen if everyone just keeps linking to google. Plus, why an extra level of redirection when we want the answer HERE?" | |
| Sep 11, 2008 at 23:59 | comment | added | Esteban Araya | Well, i thought the SO FAQ clearly stated that we don't want the obvious stuff. At least that's the impression I get from listening to Jeff and Joel. | |
| Sep 11, 2008 at 23:58 | comment | added | Jon Ericson | The system is very poorly designed for following up. It's not easy to track changes to questions you've answered. Questions you've asked are slightly easier to track, so there's some asymmetrical knowledge at play. | |
| Sep 11, 2008 at 23:57 | comment | added | GEOCHET | It would be wise to take your time and make your question more thorough, rather than rely on comments. This will undoubtedly help your successful answer rate. | |
| Sep 11, 2008 at 23:57 | comment | added | Chris Upchurch | I think you may need to put this stuff in your original post. If you want non-obvious answers, you need to point out that you've done the obvious stuff. | |
| Sep 11, 2008 at 23:56 | comment | added | user131707 | I meant in the original question, it is rare for people to come back to threads after they think the problem is "solved". | |
| Sep 11, 2008 at 23:55 | comment | added | Esteban Araya | Good point. However, I have found that whenever I go back and add comments, most of the time the author never answers back. Maybe I've just been talking to the wrong people. | |
| Sep 11, 2008 at 23:54 | history | answered | user131707 | CC BY-SA 2.5 |