Timeline for Is this site becoming what it's aspiring to be?
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| Feb 21, 2014 at 9:28 | comment | added | Paul Gear | One thing that would help to reduce the burden of re-answering the same question is to provide a simple and intuitive way of merging or linking questions. If someone asks @ETL's stereotypical question about how to set up multiple web sites on a single server, and it's genuinely a duplicate, provide a way for it to be marked as a duplicate, and after a certain number of votes, any future references to the question get redirected. And the original poster gets notified where their answer lies. | |
| Feb 11, 2014 at 1:17 | comment | added | Katherine Villyard | @EvanAnderson And how sad is that? :D | |
| Feb 10, 2014 at 23:36 | comment | added | Evan Anderson | I've found that Server Fault whuffie doesn't spend IRL, however. >smile< | |
| Feb 10, 2014 at 21:32 | comment | added | Katherine Villyard | I probably qualify as a "regular." ;) I've been trying to hook my techhie friends on the site, but perhaps my explanations are lacking because so far I only have the one hanging out. My favorite reaction to date was, "Oh! I get it! Server Fault is an ONLINE GAME!" I told him yes, one based on Cory Doctorow's Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom. ;) (craphound.com/down/?page_id=1625) Anyway. I find the site equal measures of educational and fun, and highlighting both can only help, right? | |
| Feb 10, 2014 at 17:26 | comment | added | user9517 | Anything that involves providing reading material to the people who need to read it is ultimately doomed. | |
| Feb 10, 2014 at 15:48 | comment | added | TheCleaner | Thanks @dyasny - my post was originally meant as a comment that escalated into a spew of thoughts. I wasn't listing the reasons for people coming to the site for the regulars or high reppers (like you), but I agree with you to some extent. I do think there are other sites that are better suited to inform/learn about tech though. Reading a Q&A here about a tech you don't use may get you interested in finding out more about that tech though, sure. Again, my post here is likely to be downvoted overall as "disagree", but I'm just calling it from my vantage point...each person's is different. | |
| Feb 10, 2014 at 15:31 | comment | added | dyasny | Not sure which category I might be falling in, but you've missed a point. I (and I'm sure I'm not alone) come here to keep up with technology I don't have on my desk in my current job. Solving real world issues is the best way to learn new stuff and keep up with the current versions of tech that I don't necessarily work with daily. If I can give back to the community while I'm at it, then why not, eh? | |
| Feb 10, 2014 at 14:53 | history | answered | TheCleaner | CC BY-SA 3.0 |