StackOverflow For Any Topic 191
RobinH writes "StackOverflow, the successful question-and-answer website for programmers, is now over a year old and its top user has just passed 100,000 reputation points. Now one of the creators of StackOverflow, Joel Spolsky, and his company Fog Creek, are developing a software-as-a-service form of the StackOverflow engine called StackExchange to support any topic you want. The software is currently in private beta, but the first few beta sites have surfaced. Topics include business travel, the home, parenthood, the environment, finance, and iPhone game development."
They tried this with Ask Slashdot... (Score:5, Funny)
Anyone remember the short lived Ask Slashdot section on sex? No one had any answers, so they had to shut it down.
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100,000 reputation points? (Score:2, Funny)
over a year old and its top user has just passed 100,000 reputation points.
That can't be right. I've been posting on 4chan for years and I don't have 1 reputation point, let alone 100,000.
Re:A compelling need? (Score:5, Funny)
The posters at Stack Overflow know what they're talking about.
Re:They tried this with Ask Slashdot... (Score:1, Funny)
Anyone remember the short lived Ask Slashdot section on sex? No one had any answers, so they had to shut it down.
Hell, I don't think anyone here had enough information on the subject to even come up with a specific question!
Re:Joel, uhg.. (Score:3, Funny)
"Right about as often as the sun shines on my dog's ass."
So... at least twice a day then? Or is your dog toilet trained? Normal people don't force their dogs to wear pants in public, or indeed at all.
Maybe he's from England... in which case his dog could be outside 24/7 and it would still be only once or twice a year. :)
Re:They tried this with Ask Slashdot... (Score:1, Funny)
Anyone remember the short lived Ask Slashdot section on sex? No one had any answers, so they had to shut it down.
Hell, I don't think anyone here had enough information on the subject to even come up with a specific question!
Except: "where do babies come from?"
Re:I like Stack Overflow (Score:3, Funny)
I have to agree with you, ChienAndalu - I haven't seen anything with the kind of functionality that StackOverflow has. I mean, there are moderation sites, but they don't have nearly the functionality or the usability.
Re:They tried this with Ask Slashdot... (Score:1, Funny)
What is girl? Correct Slashdot joke: "What is a female port connector named for?"