What are the main competitor sites to Stack Overflow? I'm aware of Experts-Exchange and several forum sites that I use for C#, however this question is more about sites that cater for all programming languages just like Stack Overflow and are not generic like Experts-Exchange.
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16Like Chuck Norris, SOFUE has no competitors, just innocent bystanders it hadn't decided to demolish yet...– dmckee --- ex-moderator kittenOct 26, 2010 at 0:42
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19+1 This question has new-found relevance.– faintsignalOct 13, 2019 at 22:35
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2@faintsignal, indeed.– tgm1024--Monica was mistreatedOct 14, 2019 at 0:07
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1If I had more rep here I'd offer a bounty.– faintsignalOct 16, 2019 at 2:55
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accepted. thanks for reminder @faintsignal– Anonymous TypeMar 8, 2020 at 9:40
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Programming websites: daniweb, dreamincode, codecall, bytes, devshed, and codingforums off the top of my head.
general Q&A: Yahoo answers (ok for any type of question, not actually good for any)
Stack Overflow has nothing to worry about. I know that may not be why you asked the question, but its kind of an overwhelming fact. SO beats the crap out of every other website in terms of rep system, features, organization, traffic, speed, moderation, and questions per day. I've done a lot of comparison, and SO almost always wins in every test.
answered Oct 26, 2010 at 0:45
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4Speed, speed, speed! If it gets any faster, the answers will be there before you have finished asking the question. (Hmm, that gives me an idea...)– BenjolOct 26, 2010 at 5:07
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10I can think of 73 recently quit / on strike mods that might switch to the competition and actively promote their sites. Oct 13, 2019 at 21:12
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The linked question has been deleted. Was it migrated to meta.SO? Oct 13, 2019 at 22:34
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1@faintsignal It was deleted as "spam or rude or abusive". It was not. It was a polite, honest question about alternatives. (It's OK to delete it, because this question simply had no place on stack overflow. It's just the reason that seems dubious...)– Marco13Oct 14, 2019 at 16:03
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both answers were good, in the end this one seemed better, content wise. Mar 8, 2020 at 9:40
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Meta discussion: What can we learn from Quora?
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2nice one thanks. I checked the site and one difference is that you can't just be anonymous but must login. Oct 25, 2010 at 22:55
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2@AnonymousType You don't have to login to use Quora. See quora.com/Can-people-view-Quora-without-signing-up/answer/… Dec 25, 2013 at 18:12
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yes but then you get only the question and have to search from google. sorry for the delayed reply. Mar 8, 2020 at 9:39