Timeline for Super User and Server Fault are Doomed
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| Jun 25, 2010 at 5:55 | vote | accept | tylerl | ||
| Mar 31, 2010 at 17:54 | comment | added | Ivo Flipse | @Joel: Perhaps with the API someone will create a portal to follow each seperate site in one spot or you guys use some VC money to do it ;-) | |
| Mar 30, 2010 at 14:26 | comment | added | Joel Spolsky | I don't think Jeff is answering the question that was asked. I don't think that tylerl was suggesting that we have one big site where any question goes. | |
| Mar 30, 2010 at 0:43 | comment | added | Locutus | @pekka Obviously they know, after all they would need to pitch the idea first so you can guarantee they know what it will be used for...they just need a little time to get their proverbial ducks in a row. ...and I really doubt they would let us know before the investors. | |
| Mar 30, 2010 at 0:32 | comment | added | Pekka | On another note @Jeff, you keep dropping hints about VC. Is VC maybe going to be used on SF/SU in the future, or is there something concrete in the works, or is there going to be more info after your planning session, or can't you talk about it (which is all right as an answer)? | |
| Mar 30, 2010 at 0:25 | comment | added | Pekka | @Jeff I am looking frequently at Stack Exchange sites, I know that in comparison SU and SF are doing well. And compared with most other tech support forums and such, I'm sure they are doing well, too. Still, I maintain that SF is not what it could be, not by a long shot. It could be to server administration what SO is to programming, and right now, you have to admit that's not the case, or not the case yet. But maybe I'm being unfair. | |
| Mar 30, 2010 at 0:06 | comment | added | Jeff Atwood | @pekka oh my man, if you think those "aren't flying", I need to introduce you to you some Stack Exchange sites.. even the "popular" ones. SU and SF are definitely working, it's just that you have seen the Jon Skeet of sites and are (unfairly, IMO) using that as the benchmark against all others. | |
| Mar 29, 2010 at 23:57 | comment | added | Pekka | @Jeff the fact that people try to ask their questions on SO in the first place - often explicitly because they get the dozenfold of views than on SF/SU, is a telltale sign that something is wrong. SO has gained critical mass and is flying. You can ask almost any programming question at any time of day, and expect to get three answers within 15 minutes. SF and SU, even I can see that much, are not flying - they are staying afloat thanks to the effort of a few (who have my great respect). The question to me is, is the management planning to address this with additional resources of some kind? | |
| Mar 29, 2010 at 23:53 | history | edited | Jeff Atwood | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Mar 29, 2010 at 23:51 | comment | added | Jeff Atwood | @pekka my point is that it's a problem that largely doesn't exist -- we don't have users who repeatedly ask sysadmin questions or general software/hardware questions on Stack Overflow -- the migration teaches them about the other sites, and if they want the rep (or heck, the ANSWERS!) generated by their questions, they follow them to the destination site... | |
| Mar 29, 2010 at 23:48 | comment | added | Pekka | I totally agree with the top part, SO, SU and SF need to stay apart. But your solution is to threaten... I don't know who exactly with bans as an incentive, and an airy hint about VC that is maybe going to be spent to ail the problem? Weak. Not enough, Sir. | |
| Mar 29, 2010 at 23:40 | history | answered | Jeff Atwood | CC BY-SA 2.5 |