Stack Overflow sold to Prosus for $1.8B

Post by dorgo » Wed, Jun 02, 2021, 9:16 PM UTC

bhandziuk wrote: post #431

johnchristopher wrote: post #418

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I have given up on participating on SO because more often than not I am told I don't have enough reputation to do something (I don't know if it's commenting or giving an answer or giving an upvote but there are some questions for which answers are wrong or need some updates and I can't participate. So I just don't by default. I think I can't upvote on some stack and I find this weird).

The threshold is very low. https://stackoverflow.com/help/privileges You need 15 points to up vote which means you need to have received 2 up-votes yourself on either a question or answer or have edited 7 questions/answers and had those approved. It's quite easy to hit those numbers. Once you have 1000 points (I think) on any site and you join a new site you get 100 points by default which means you always have those…

Post by bhandziuk » Wed, Jun 02, 2021, 9:17 PM UTC

nickysielicki wrote: post #539

bhandziuk wrote: post #531

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You'll notice that anyone can write an answer (or ask a a question) with zero interference. There is no rep barrier to contributing an answer. If you want to participate in other ways without answering or asking questions then there are still ways to do that.

Was it always this way? It's been a few years since I last gave it a shot.

Post by lupire » Wed, Jun 02, 2021, 9:18 PM UTC

rkagerer wrote: post #559

What a steal. I personally think StackOverflow is worth more than some of the other tech companies that got acquired recently at higher valuations. They really nailed the model for building high-quality content. Unlike Reddit, Facebook Groups and others, they're one of few modern social sites that I actually find more useful than more conventional niche forums.

Post by nickysielicki » Wed, Jun 02, 2021, 9:21 PM UTC

bhandziuk wrote: post #563

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Was it always this way? It's been a few years since I last gave it a shot.

Yes, since the very start. I'm 95% sure. That's been the big selling point from what I can remember: there is a very low barrier to entry (make an account)

Post by xchaotic » Wed, Jun 02, 2021, 9:31 PM UTC

z3t4 wrote: post #558

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The dynamic makes sense: the more popular the question, the more likely it is to get asked early on. That means early answerers will reap benefits from the popularity of the questions down the road. There's definitely an "interest" dynamic to it, but there's also something like consuming the solutions with a good effort-to-reward ratio inside a search space early and then subsequent solutions get harder (kindof like…

High reward for joining early is a good growth strategy.