@rchern @PopularDemand I think who asked a question matters as much as the question itself. If the author intends to be argumentative, it will ruin the ability for an objective conversation.
@Mark, that was me typing (also, i disagree with ^^^*, seeing @PopularDemand say what i was saying, and then me typing ...what @PopularDemand just said
This blog post analyzed stack overflow tags and indicates that C# is highly represented (perhaps disproportionately so). Other than the obvious explanation that there just happen to be a bunch of C# programmers interested in the site - what accounts for this statistic?
Take Evan Carroll. Anything he asks, no matter how useful the question might be, will get shot down. This is mainly because he uses a tone that doesn't promote conversation, and is very argumentative..
It's not really about superior experience. If a new user shows up to MSO and sees a question by Evan Carroll, or anyone else, he won't know if that person is a troll. It's all about the content of the question.
@rchern I'll agree that it shouldn't. But the author of the question ends up playing a gigantic role in how the conversation goes. Mainly because everyone is talking to the question asker.
@TheUnhandledException, sorry, but i find it ridiculous to think that me saying the exact same words as someone else would have a difference in whether or not it got closed.
@PopularDemand I would have voted to re-open anyway. But now, I'm conflicted - you missed a great opportunity to make something interesting of that question.
@PopularDemand This is where Forums differ from SO. In forums, 2 people can go back and forth. In SO, mostly its the author going back and forth with a lot of people
@PopularDemand This is partially a good thing, because we are kind of like Programming Support Desk. If you got on a call with Customer Service, it would be rude for the person on the other end to be talking to a 3rd person
@PopularDemand Now, it isn't rude to have a side conversation on SO, but I feel in a way it helps us get to the main issue, which is that the programmer can't figure out what to do
@rchern I think the decision to edit vs close depends on if the question is a valid question... that's when I think the weight of the asker's rep comes into play
MSO is not SO. Nor is it Comcast support. We need not suffer abuse. I agree that the question should be edited, but it should not have existed as written in the first place.
@rchern I have an opinion, just not a strong one... And I assume that those with more experience than I might have better views. Not certainly, but likely :-)
@Chacha102 I can't get on board with the "Programming Support Desk" analogy. Sure, we're helping the OP out, but we're also helping all the people who show up with the same or similar problems in the future.
@rchern The only problem is that you can't edit in the missing examples that cause a "distinct impression" of something, though the fact that they're missing is also not a close reason (the downvotes work towards that end).
> Of course it matters. Its like saying that it doesn't matter that Rupert Mudoch has no infuence over what is printed on his paper! – weneedanswers 10 mins ago
Which is why I am willing to easily admit I may be wrong :-)
I enjoy helping the community and like having certain moderator-ish powers (voting to close etc). I'm not always 100% clear on the best way to do things and try to be flexible until I am sure
I get the distinct impression that there is a pro-Microsoft bias on Stack Overflow. I know, I know, hand me the tin-foil hat and push me under a bridge, but hear me out first. Can you honestly say that you've never seen the following:
SO supporting new tools that MS is pushing?
Questions gettin...
it's not a museum or anything, just at the hospital, but my dad and i both like chagall and had seen stuff in nice france and chicago, so we just had to see it in jerusalem
I don't have a problem with it, so long as it's used properly (by author or proxy to communicate the nature of the question to readers). If an author insists his question isn't homework, then leave it off.
@Shog9 i've never actually added the tag myself, but am sometimes tempted to remove it when someone else has just decided that the question is homework (though I haven't done that either)
@Mark Again, unless the author actively disputes the nature of the question, I think it's fine - some questions are obviously homework (just as some questions obviously relate to C# or whatever), and so adding the tag is a good thing
I view it primarily as an explicit admission that the author needs some help working through a problem (vs. "point me at a solution so I can get back to work")
But if a student wants his work done for him, then he's just hurting himself, throwing away a chance to learn. Whether or not anyone on SO will help him pull the trigger is their own concern.
Sorry folks, I been watching Wall Street and got my 1980's head on. I now look at everyone and think to myself in the most paranoid fashion, "are you Gordon Gecko!!!!!".
Anyroad, as the title.
Does having venture capitalist funding your venture, chop your balls off.
I checked my Stack Exchange Inbox (drop down list) just now and it mentioned three messages for me. Two were legit - the last was this one on The Tavern which was another Mark.
@MichaelPetrotta Ah, Amsterdam is very walkable itself. I'm trying to remember exactly what I did while I was there specifically; I'll have to check all of the trip memorabilia I have saved up from that trip. As for London, I've been through it several times, but I've never actually "been" there...I've been meaning to go visit a friend though, so it's on my todo list, heh.
It hit me when you said "seriously different" that I think this may be just what you are looking for:
That's right--Ol' Rummy uses a standing desk. The Wiki article has a few references and opinion articles you may want to examine.
The standing desk, in the words of users, makes you feel more...
Yay. @PopsicleDemand You were calling out the trolls, so we took the troll-bait
Oh, that's what you're talking about. At first I wasn't sure if you were talking about the chat history earlier, or what we were talking about when you came in
cool! I'm reminded, for some reason, of an old favorite TV show of mine, where one of the actors admitted he had a crush on Hilary Clinton. Random, but.
I was going to leave well enough alone. I really was. But then I heard that the film will feature a special guest appearance by Shog9... as himself!
I checked my Stack Exchange Inbox (drop down list) just now and it mentioned three messages for me. Two were legit - the last was this one on The Tavern which was another Mark.
It hit me when you said "seriously different" that I think this may be just what you are looking for:
That's right--Ol' Rummy uses a standing desk. The Wiki article has a few references and opinion articles you may want to examine.
The standing desk, in the words of users, makes you feel more...