Timeline for Are we Going down hill?
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| Feb 16, 2012 at 17:40 | comment | added | Rachel | @ChrisF Yes, but those topics are off-topic if the question could be applied to more than just programmers, even if the questioner is asking here to get a programmers perspective on the subject. I disagree with this, and have raised the issue in meta before, but apparently more meta users disagree with me than agree (+7, -9). | |
| Feb 16, 2012 at 16:42 | comment | added | ChrisF Mod | @Rachel - interview questions, managing juniors are on topic if the problem relates specifically to software development and programmers. If it a question that could apply to any profession the it is off topic. I'm struggling to see where the confusion is here. | |
| Feb 16, 2012 at 15:58 | comment | added | Rachel | @maple_shaft I disagree. Almost every question I've had about software development has not been found on this site, and I've had to ask the question myself. Although lately I don't bother asking since I figure it might be considered off-topic, so downvoted and closed. For example, I almost didn't ask my question about Mediators vs Observers because I was told in chat it wouldn't be a good fit for the site. Apparently interview questions, managing juniors who work under you, and certain recommendations are also off-topic. | |
| Feb 16, 2012 at 15:34 | comment | added | maple_shaft Mod | @Rachel I think that is the more interesting statistic. I usually run through a number of conceptual software development questions in my head in a given day. I can almost always find a question that was previously asked so I have no need to ask the question anymore. I think that the site is starting to slow down because the number of good and unique questions that haven't been asked yet are dropping and the most prevalent kind at this point are new users who didn't bother searching, didn't read the FAQ and/or just want to gripe and complain about how much their boss sucks. | |
| Feb 16, 2012 at 15:32 | comment | added | Rachel | @ChrisF I've posted some graphs showing rates of new users and questions in an answer of my own | |
| Feb 16, 2012 at 15:21 | history | edited | ChrisFMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 | better |
| Feb 16, 2012 at 15:17 | comment | added | ChrisF Mod | @Rachel - I haven't had chance to check my assumptions out. Interesting if the rate of new questions is dropping. I've just checked the analytics we have access to and the question rate looks to me to be fairly constant. | |
| Feb 16, 2012 at 15:15 | comment | added | Rachel | I don't think that's true. I ran some queries and our rate of new questions is dropping while our rate of new users is staying about constant. | |
| Feb 16, 2012 at 15:01 | comment | added | Morons | See My Edit, The average vote count is only down by .5 | |
| Feb 16, 2012 at 13:59 | history | answered | ChrisFMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |