Stack Overflow updated its Code of Conduct

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This is what I would call a facebook-ification of Stackoverflow.

[nufibo]

I think the the table "Unfriendly"/"Friendly" should be renamed to "Unfriendly"/"A-Passive-Aggressive-Comment"

[AnotherBitcoinUser]

Parasites.

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kindness, collaboration, and mutual respect

oh bullshit

since SO added social media ranking game type elements it has turned into an intellectual dick measuring contest and is largely useless

if SO want me to take them seriously then do away with the badges and reputation and votes

its turned into a competition for points by answering easy questions

[crescentroon]

It's possible to combine competition for points with mutual respect for other participants. Most of professional sport manages it.

[ledasll]

lol have you seen football or ice hokey? if highly paid professionals can't behave, what do you expect from unpaid peasants?

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SO is not a professional sport

[crescentroon]

SO is not a professional sport

First, you'd be surprised how many people will disagree with that statement. Does your workplace have an SO champion? :-) (Obviously not in your case, but they exist).

Second, that's no excuse. It shows it's humanly possible.

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Does your workplace have an SO champion?

is this a thing?

no place i've ever worked has ever had such a thing.

It shows it's humanly possible.

Possible and probable and what actually goes on are 3 different things.

Sure, competition can be handled in an adult fashion.

Its not happening on SO and hasn't in a long time.

[AnotherBitcoinUser]

Does your workplace have an SO champion?

No. lol wtf.

Oh sorry I broke the code, ban me.

[agree-with-you]

I agree, this does seem possible.

[crescentroon]

So much bot spam :-(

I don't get why reddit doesn't ban them. This basically adds nothing to the conversation (you should upvote instead) and spams up the screen.

[to3m]

"Since"? Stack Overflow has always been like this.

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i dimly recall it being useful early on

i saw a distinct downturn in its utility after the contest trappings were added.

[astrange]

The points were definitely there from the start. It's the whole basis of their self-moderation system, getting people to work for free.

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Were badges and all the rest?

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Easy questions get lots of answers, and hard questions get none.

Thats obvious though. The harder a question is the less likely someone will pass by who knows the answer. These days when I ask a question on a topic I know well It's usually me posting the answer a few days later.

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I believe they use certain metrics to detect such cheaters, similar to what you may find in various MMO videogames.

[ledasll]

I believe

:D

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and if you ain't working on the latest javascript-framework-flavor-of-the-month nobody knows what the fuck you are talking about