On 06/05/10 06:57, John Bokma wrote: > Lie Ryan <lie.1...@gmail.com> writes: > >> On 06/04/10 11:56, John Bokma wrote: >>> Phlip <phlip2...@gmail.com> writes: >>> >>>> On Jun 3, 3:20 pm, geremy condra <debat...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>>> You mean like how I never get answers, to my super-easy GED-level >>>>>> questions, here??! >>>>> >>>>> I agree. This proves conclusively that a web forum is the right >>>>> place for you. >>>> >>>> Ah, so you feel up to my "xsl for xmlrunner.py" question? >>> >>> Just jumping in the middle, but if you're looking for a web based forum >>> where you can ask questions, check out Stack Overflow (and sister sites, >>> depending on your question). I've noticed over the last couple of months >>> that often things I google for, are answered on Stack Overflow. One >>> thing that would've been nice to have on Usenet that I like is the >>> ability to vote answers up or down. I think Usenet would've been a bit >>> better with that option. >> >> Probably. A vote up/down feature tend to highlight popular problems, but >> it also buries less popular problems that might have perfectly good >> answers. > > Unless I misunderstand, the voting is for the replies, not for the > questions. Or maybe the questions can be promoted to a queue, no > idea. But that's not that different from questions posted to Usenet. The > popular ones are asked often, the less popular ones once in a while, and > might also not result in solutions.
If you look at Stack Overflow, the highest voted questions are: - Hidden Features of C#? - What is the single most influential book every programmer should read? - What's your favorite "programmer" cartoon? - What is your best programmer joke? ... and so on many of them are nearly out-of-topic. >> I think Google Groups have 5-star-rating system? You might want >> to check on that. > > Brrrr... no, I really prefer my Usenet via Gnus ;-). -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
