Timeline for How to ask for an alternative to some software
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| Apr 27, 2019 at 11:07 | comment | added | Micha | @NicolasRaoul I heavily agree to what Dimanjan wrote. I wonder, why Softwarerecs can't be a place for both architects and gardeners. The question and answer format can in fact work really great for gardeners and for many other people later, especially other gardeners. If a gardener seek a solution to a problem, he might read through questions/answers of other gardeners, who ask similar questions. Then he gets some impressions out of these answers which might solve his problem, even if it is a whole other solution than for the OP. I feel like we miss a great opportunity that this point :/ | |
| Apr 27, 2019 at 4:41 | comment | added | Dimanjan | @NicolasRaoul , If this site has irrefutable policy of allowing only the architects(which I don't think community sites are supposed to have), then I cannot say much. But then, the site would have to remove the word "recommendation", so that it doesn't become confusing for the gardeners. Because recommendation is meant more for gardeners. It becomes clear from the fact that many new comers ask such vague/broad questions. | |
| Apr 27, 2019 at 4:36 | comment | added | Dimanjan | @Gilles , I am not in agreement with your argument, because many different gardeners are also going to be seeking for similar enlightenment. | |
| Apr 27, 2019 at 4:31 | history | edited | Dimanjan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 26, 2019 at 18:53 | comment | added | Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' | The question and answer format doesn't work for gardeners. The whole reason Q&A sites are useful is that a question is useful not only to the person who asked it, but also to many other people later. Architects seek repeatable solutions to repeatable problems. Gardeners seek personal enlightenment. Gardeners need a forum or a chatroom, where discussions happen and then are left off to die, not a question-and-answer site where answers are here to stay. | |
| Apr 26, 2019 at 17:32 | comment | added | Nicolas Raoul Mod | Stack Overflow does not accept recommendation questions, even if they are super precise. Your gardener/architect comparison is interesting. Architects go to softwarerecs.stackexchange.com, and gardeners should go to more dicussion-oriented websites such as forums or chats, where other chatters can help them understand what they actually need. | |
| Apr 26, 2019 at 15:56 | history | answered | Dimanjan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |