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Re: Stack Exchange 2.0

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Post by alanl »

proee wrote: post #45
marbletiles wrote: post #21

They realised that StackExchange was failing, but because they don't realise the reasons why their attempted correction is only making it worse. Their software is a hideously complicated and over-engineered attempt to twist human relationships into math. It only works on StackOverflow because: a) The tech community was desperate for an alternative to hidebound mailing lists on one hand and expertsexchange on the othe…

Why is Stack Exchange considered a failure? Don't they have a ton of exchange sites (if not thousands). $100/month x 1k = $100k Month in revenue. Seems they would be quite happy with that sort of recurring revenue...

I think a lot of the sites were dead or dying. I'm Looking forward to seeing the new more open model. I think it could produce some useful Q&A sites.

Re: Stack Exchange 2.0

#52

Post by jawngee »

wwalker3 wrote: post #44
telemachos wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I looked and looked, and my first thought was "He doesn't like Schoolhouse Rock? Schoolhouse Rock isn't political." Then I noticed this from the start of the article, "Like the small-town mayor who suddenly finds herself running an entire state, our ambitions for Stack Overflow keep growing." I have a hard time finding that to be anything but a casual and not very detailed analogy. Sarah Palin -> lots of ambition::th…

They also mention running for Vice President of the US, so it's not exactly subtle. I just don't see the upside to bringing in such a polarizing political figure. Regardless of what you think of Sarah Palin, it hits a sour note to find her in a product pitch.

Get over yourselves, have a laugh once in awhile.

(Unless, of course, you are pro-Palin, but I'm assuming because you are able to type that you are not).

Re: Stack Exchange 2.0

#55

Post by vaksel »

papachito wrote: post #34

Just so you know, I have an open source alternative to stackexchange and we do free hosting too http://shapado.com we also import stackexchange sites (beta).

i have one of the bigger stack exchange sites...and I'll be moving to Shapado if Stack Exchange kicks me off. I was already looking into them, since their rates were almost 3 times cheaper $50/1mm page views vs SEs $129/1mm pageviews.

If you don't let the admins make money, there is no reason for them to bother building a community.

Re: Stack Exchange 2.0

#56

Post by proee »

dustingetz wrote: post #53
proee wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So why not flip the switch then?

hardly any SE sites have a community worth paying for, which is kind of the whole point

Well there's plenty of sites owners (with credit cards) that might assume otherwise. It depends on the target audience, but if it was for say doctors or lawyers 1/10th the traffic or even 1/100th the traffic of a typical programming site would be a success.

Maybe they did a survey among all the sites to come to your conclusion, but it seems odd they never tried go paid.

Re: Stack Exchange 2.0

#57

Post by axod »

jawngee wrote: post #52
wwalker3 wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They also mention running for Vice President of the US, so it's not exactly subtle. I just don't see the upside to bringing in such a polarizing political figure. Regardless of what you think of Sarah Palin, it hits a sour note to find her in a product pitch.

Get over yourselves, have a laugh once in awhile. (Unless, of course, you are pro-Palin, but I'm assuming because you are able to type that you are not).

I have a really hard time believing anyone on HN is pro-Palin :/ That would just be bizarre.

Re: Stack Exchange 2.0

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Post by callmeed »

I don't quite get this. I was actually just about to create a SE account for the purpose of building an audience for our niche startup.

So, now my idea has to be vetted? Lame.

Re: Stack Exchange 2.0

#59

Post by tptacek »

spolsky wrote: post #47
tptacek wrote: post #3

This harks back to our corporate goal to “make the Internet a better place to get expert answers to your questions.” A ghost town, without traffic, does not get people answers, but it does draw a few people away from other sites that might do so. We do not believe that the Internet benefits from putting up placeholder sites with negligible traffic that do not attract high quality communities. And we want the Stack Ex…

I consider Jason a friend ( http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/06/podcast-56/ ), a very smart guy, and a great entrepreneur, although I have a different philosophy than he does on how to build a Q&A site.

So then, do you think that Mahalo has a bum rap? Because the rep they have here is pretty close to "Google spammer".

Re: Stack Exchange 2.0

#60

Post by johns »

fady wrote: post #35

Fellow Stackexchange admin for http://sfanswers.com . I'm glad I waited for beta to end, before spending thousands on marketing, shirts, stickers, etc... I emailed them as well. SF Answers is my baby and I will do whatever it takes to keep it alive. SF Answers has huge potential, esp for our city folk, and I hope it can remain a site. Not really happy about this, but I'm a team player and would work directly with the…

Why not jump ship to Shapado?
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