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This is what I think reddit should do. There are endless arguments there over whether something belongs in /r/pics, /r/funny, /r/LI5 or /r/askscience, etc. I always thought that a lot of what we call "subreddits" are actually orthogonal tags that apply to posts. Think about it, if there's a funny picture of a naked girl, why isn't that simultaneously in /r/pics, /r/funny, and /r/nsfw?
I would like to say that I've been generally happy with Stack Overflow as the official Q&A site for Android Developers. It seems to work pretty well for that purpose and I usually find what I need.
Stack Overflow is nice as a community effort, but if a company wants developers to adopt their platform, proper documentation written by the people who know the code is essential. Hire some monkeys if you must, but leaving it up to the community to write their own docs is just plain lazy.
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Whoa, are they replacing _all_ documentation with SO? I figured they meant that this was going to replace the severely less than helpful developer forums and FAQ pages.
No, Facebook is replacing their forums with Stack Overflow. See their blog post: http://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/545/ Their documentation remains independent, the alternative is insane. (disclaimed: SE Inc. employee)
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Sorry I deleted my post before I saw your reply because it was ridiculously off-topic and I felt like it didn't really belong.. But to provide some context I essentially said that Stack Exchange was an unacceptable replacement for a manual in Fogbugz and Kiln. Mainly that's because a lot of the right questions haven't been asked yet (I could probably provide a few of those instead of searching then quitting when I do…
Whoa, are they replacing _all_ documentation with SO? I figured they meant that this was going to replace the severely less than helpful developer forums and FAQ pages.