http://disqus.com/people/washort/enTue, 23 Sep 2008 09:43:10 -0000http://var-log-mind.disqus.com/stackoverflow_is_spiritunderflow_a_plea_to_not_deprioritise_content_and_spirit/#comment-2540788I agree it is focused more on q&a. But there are still threads that can call for some spirited exchange of views. Even under such situations, it just seems to be an extraordinarily civil bunch of programmers. This is definitely not the programming community I have seen for the past 15+ years. Its rare to see any animation in the responses. The responses by the way are extremely informative and thats why I still like to go to the site. Its just that I get a feel that the overall importance to voting and points and badges etc. just seems to be so much high, that everyone is making that extra attempt to be a little well behaved .. a good outcome but with some (at least to me) undesirable side effects. Thats why I said it seems like a busy place of worship (thats one of the places we are the most restrained and well behaved but also sometimes least spontaneous and natural .. at least I am).dneneTue, 23 Sep 2008 09:43:10 -0000http://var-log-mind.disqus.com/stackoverflow_is_spiritunderflow_a_plea_to_not_deprioritise_content_and_spirit/#comment-2540308Stackoverflow isn't a discussion site, though: it's an answers site. The idea is to produce pages that address a particular problem so that future programmers can find them more easily. Discussion is important only to the extent that it produces better answers.washortTue, 23 Sep 2008 09:00:02 -0000