• gencha@lemm.eeEnglish
    631·
    1 year ago

    SO is a shithole, just like Reddit. All the work is done by volunteers. When it was time to cash out with the platform, they also did several things to fuck with their community. I’ve contributed quite a bit to the trilogy sites, and served as a moderator. I regret every second of it. But at least a few people got rich in the process.

    • HiddenLayer5@lemmy.mlEnglish
      304·
      1 year ago

      I don’t get why programmers, especially ones actually working on open source projects, insist on using proprietary services. Stack Overflow is one, also GitHub.

      • pnutzh4x0r@lemmy.worldEnglish
        27·
        1 year ago

        It’s unfortunate, but the reality is that many of the proprietary services are… free, convenient, and where the people are.

        Most projects do not have a lot of funding, so it makes sense to use low cost platforms with the least amount of friction. I think most developers are aware of the risks and trade-offs, but make a pragmatic decision to use these proprietary services b/c the benefits for them outweigh the costs.

      • rmam@programming.devEnglish
        25·
        1 year ago

        If you decide to start a project but somehow decide to self-host a git repository, ticketing service, CICD pipelines, etc… You no longer work on said project and instead you’re the system administrator of half a dozen services.

        …or you register an account with the likes of GitHub/gitlab, and stay coding right away.

    • Professorozone@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      I used to go to SO and really liked it. I haven’t been in a long time though and didn’t know about this. What are your thoughts about Quora? Seems similar to me.